Written by Matthew Field
Verse C# D# When I was 19 D# Fm There were places that I wanted to see C# D# When I was 20 D# Fm Cornell University C# D# And Kefalonia D# Fm Didn't mean anything to me C# D# I read the classics D# Fm But I didn't read thoroughlyVerse C# D# You found freedom D# Fm In a chamber of the library C# D# You dig the roots up D# Fm With the old etymology C# D# In Kefalonia D# Fm And the blue Ionian sea C# D# The way I know ya D# Fm Is like an old old olive treeC# G# D# Fm When I go to Ithaca C# G# D# Fm When I cooome C# G# D# Fm Back from America C# G# D# Fm You'll be with meSoloC# G# D# Fm When I go to Ithaca C# G# D# Fm When I cooome C# G# D# Fm Back from America C# G# D# Fm You'll be with meOutro C# G# D# Fm When I go to Ithaca C# G# D# Fm When I cooome C# G# D# Fm Back to South Africa C# G# D# Fm You'll be with meC# G# D# Fm When I go to Ithaca C# G# D# Fm When I cooome C# G# D# Fm Back from America C# G# D# Fm You'll be with me