I've traveled far just to look at the stars from a new placenThey look just the same from the hills and the planes, yes it's truenYou gave it all to a foolnHow could I know how I'd fair without you?n'Til I was gone, gone, gonennWhen I return I will be better than, better than beforenFor I will have learned what your medicine is fornWhen I returnnWhen I returnnnYou and your face and your hair and your tastes made me leave younYou and your all-giving smile all the while made me gonSo I lived in the east, I lived in the westnI did it all without a pennynI lived twenty days in a hornet's nestnAnd didn't get stung hardly anynBut I still miss younnOoh, When I return I will be better than, better than beforenFor I may have learned what your medicine is for, oohnWhen I returnnWhen I returnnnWhen I return I'll love you better than, better than before, ohnFor now I have learnt what your medicine is for, ohnWhen I returnnWhen I return