99 Miles from Home

99 miles from home - I'm sailing

the wind grabs at my cloak - I'm flying

I should never have left you - I'm sorry

I'm flying, I'm coming

I need you, I want you - please be there

29 miles from home - I'm riding

trees fly past like arrows - I'm dying

3 years of crusade are over - lamenting

I'm coming, I'm dying

I need you, I want you - please be there

Only 9 miles from home - I'm running

rain beats down on my helm - I'm crying

our love is sore tested - my darling

I'm coming, I'm trying, I'm crying

I need you, I want you - please be there

One short mile from home - I'm racing

Shield and sword aside - I'm yearning

Fear plucks at my heart - I'm praying

I'm trying and yearning and crying and praying

I need you, I want you - please be there

There's a light in the window - I'm crawling

My strength is now gone - I'm calling

Fingers brush my cheek -- I'm dreaming

I'm yearning and praying - still coming and calling

-         - - - - please be there

Sir Aldebern of Acre

Order of Saint John of Jerusalem