Don't pass me by or you'll never know 
of the cruel fate laid upon our souls 
Not what we seem not the swans you hear
Four leanbh sidhe children of Lir 

Take me back change me back give me back Loch Dairbreach, 
This loneliness has left my heart aching 
Take me back change me back send me back to paradise 
soft bed, sweet mead, loaves of warm bread baking

I am the swan, listen to me, listen to my song 

In our father's house well loved were we 
Til our Stepmother nursed a jealousy 
Our human shape taken away
By a cruel hand and her treachery 

Take me back change me back give me back eternity 
Three hundred years upon Sruth na Maoile 
Take me back change me back send me back to paradise
Our fathers house of sweet music playing 

I am the swan, listen to me, listen to my song 
I am the swan, sweetly singing, soon I will be gone

Three hundred years as birds we'll be
tossed on the waves between sky and sea
And not ‘til North, South, East & West
Unite in peace, will we find rest 

Take me back change me back give me back three centuries 
cruel Irrus Domnann between the sky and sea
Take me back change me back send me back to paradise 
Our own two legs the human form to walk free

I am the swan, listen to me, listen to my song
I am the swan, listen to me, soon I will be gone