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There are elephants parading on the plains of Serengeti
And in the Himalayas there are those who seek the Yeti;
But I sit by an ocean and watch the moon arise
Through the dark and curtained heavens of the cloudy English skies.

There are romance boats a-sailing across the China seas,
And picturesque tall clipper ships which carry Indies teas;
But I sit by a fireside and watch the glowing embers
As the winter grows much wilder through October to December.

There were days I went off chasing after wild and youthful dreams,
But I very soon discovered that nothing's what it seems;
Now I sit and search my memories and know I'll never find
The answers to those questions which used to vex my mind.

I'm settled now to quietness and harbour no regrets;
My life now lacks adventures but it's good as ever gets.
Nothing bothers me now and nothing drives me on
To wild adventured travelling - that part of life is done.

I've found my own Utopia, my long sought Shangri-la
In a little smoky cottage near the harbour by the bar.
Here I sit and read my memories and wait for her to come
To the place where we have settled, the place we call our home.