I chase your every footstep
And I follow every whim
When you call the tune I'm ready
To strike up the battle hymn

My lady of the meadows [bad word] of the beach
You've thrown the stick for your dog's trick
But it's floating out of reach

The long road is a rainbow
And the pot of gold lies there
So slip the chain and I'm off again
You'll find me everywhere

'Cause I'm a rover

As the robin craves the summer
To hide his smock of red
I need the pillow of your hair
In which to hide my head

I'm simple in my sadness
Resourceful in remorse
Then I'm down straining at the lead
Holding on a windward course

The long road is a rainbow
And the pot of gold lies there
So slip the chain and I'm off again
You'll find me everywhere

'Cause I'm a rover

Strip me from the bundle
Of balloons at every fair
Colourful and carefree
Designed to make you stare

But I'm lost and I'm losing
The thread that holds me down
And I'm up, hot and rising
In the lights of every town

The long road is a rainbow
And the pot of gold lies there
So slip the chain and I'm off again
You'll find me everywhere

'Cause I'm a rover