Roads Go Ever, Ever On

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{{disambig-more|The Road Goes Ever On|[[The Road Goes Ever On (disambiguation)]]}}
'''Roads Go Ever, Ever On''' is a song written by [[Maury Laws]] (music) and [[Jules Bass]] (lyric) and performed by [[Glenn Yarbrough]] for the [[1980]] animated movie [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'']].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOhmd9RKwgU|articlename=Roads Go Ever, Ever On - The Return of the King Theme|dated=28 December 2009|website=YT|accessed=11 September 2013}}</ref> It is a reprise of the song "[[Roads (song)|Roads]]" from the [[1977]] [[Rankin/Bass]] version of [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'']] with a completely new lyric; its final stanza is taken from the song "[[It's So Easy Not to Try]]," also from ''The Return of the King''. The song plays at the end of the story, as [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]], [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], among others, sail to the lands beyond the sea, bidding farewell to [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]].

==Lyrics==
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
Roads go ever, ever on
To the lands beyond the sea.
On a white ship will I sail,
Watching shadows part for me.

Leaving Havens grey with rain,
Now that years have slipped away.
Leaving friends with gentle pain
As they start another day.

Roads I traveled I must leave,
For I've turned the final bend.
Weep not empty tears, but grieve
As the road comes to an end.

It's so easy not to try;
Let the world go drifting by.
If you never say hello,
You won't have to say goodbye.

If you never say hello,
You won't have to say goodbye!
</poem>

{{references}}
[[Category:The Return of the King (1980 film) soundtrack]]

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