North Star - New Model Army

On the strand beneath the towering cliffs

We said goodbye to the helmsman

The best man I ever sailed with

Across the seven oceans

Steering, gazing out ahead

As the ragged crew were singing

And the wild life and stories told

As the misty dawns were breaking

And the North Star is not a bright star

But a guiding star

It took us over mountains to the East

Through the maze of city streets

To the Sennen Cove shore

Tonight I stood in the empty street

As a heavy snow was falling

I saw a flight of geese passing fast and low just above the rooftops

Godspeed and I thought of him

As they vanished into the white-out

And Godspeed to all of us

Vanishing into the white-out

And the North Star is not a bright star

But helmsman’s star

He took us over mountains to the East

Through the maze of city streets

To the Sennen Cove shore