From the recording By My Side
Lyrics
In the brightness of the blessed day or blackness of the night
Upon the coldest foreign shore so far from all that's right
Ah, the tolling of the iron bell that calls me to the fight
Oh babe, I wish I had you by my side
In twilight's foggy haze or the forbidden ruins of time
The crescent moon of brighter days when your face still was on my mind
Oh where the fiddle softly plays somewhere a ways on down the line
Oh baby, how I need you by my side
As yesterday turns to the future and the past becomes tomorrow
In the ticking of the second hand that bounds toward endless sorrow
Ah but for the glow of your embrace I'd have no star to follow
Oh baby, I wish you were by my side
Now before I start forgetting where my heart braves winter's chill
Lest my leery soul gaze blankly from this same old windowsill
I guess you are the only home for me and always will
Be the one I wish was right here by my side