Green fields and rolling hills

Room enough to do what we will

Sweet dreams of yestertime

Are running through my mind

Of a place I left behind



Been so long, I can't remember when

I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again

Been so long, I'm living till then

'Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again



Though I'm content with myself

Sometimes I long to be somewhere else

I try to do what I can

But with our day-to-day demands

We all need a promised land



And it's been so long, I can't remember when

I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again

Been so long, I'm living till then

'Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again



Oh, I want to be there in the wintertime

With a fireplace burning to warm me

And you to hold me when it's stormy



Been so long, I can't remember when

I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again

Been so long, I'm living till then

'Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again