green fields and rolling hills room enough to do what we will sweet dreams of yestertime are running though 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 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