"Wandering Pilgrim Soul"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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I was an islander in the Southseas
Who thought a few islands her world
And I was a mariner, blown by the breeze
Who crested the breakers as they crashed and curled

/ 1st / 4th / G - D Em - / C - D - /

In wide-eyed amazement I watched from the strand
As I beached my boat from some far-away land
And, because I was both of them, I understand
The wonder we're seeing unfurled...

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	The lives I've lived have carried me far --
	Such places I've seen, such people I've been --
	I can hardly dare guess what new life may begin
	In the light of this falling star...

	How is a person made whole?
	In the meeting of hearts -- we're the sum of our parts --
	And every new day is another new start
	For a wandering pilgrim soul

I've been a pilgrim since time was begun
And remember for many a year
Though my memories fade into legends, not one
Recalls anything like what we just saw appear

A thing like a house falling out of the sky
With a terrible light and a deafening cry
My friend, you don't have to explain to me why
You don't think that it's from around here!

	From this height I see the horizon stretched out
	'Round the curve of the bay -- are there worlds far away?
	Could a pilgrim not hunger to see them someday?
	Isn't that what life's about?

	And so I've made it my goal:
	The smell of fresh air, a self I can share
	Who knows what adventures are waiting out there
	For a wandering pilgrim soul?

		-BREAK-

	Today I'm Wic, Kwik, Rac and Rum
	But selves come and go -- we change and we grow --
	And set out in search of new people to know
	And new people to become

	And, as the centuries roll
	Though my selves be replaced, voice by voice, face by face
	Through them all runs one ribbon of yearning and grace --
	A wandering pilgrim soul