Shire time

Come with me to a quiet place

filled with a small, funny people

that doesn't know the dark of hate

Stop on by the Green Dragon Inn

and carouse with all the hobbits

Grab yourself a pint and a seat

Hear the tale of the Bagginses

'There and back again' as they say

To what and where and when we know

of dragons and mountains and gold,

of dwarves and elves and men so brave

of power, of wizards, and war. 

Turn the ages back to the past

when under hill and under stone

bravery still existed. 

Set your mind back to Shire time, 

to Bilbo and the Company, 

to Frodo and the Fellowship. 

Come with me to Moria's mines

and the dwarves who dug too deeply

and lost their homes and hoards and lives. 

Stop by the Misty Mountain halls

where Thorin son of Thrain once ruled

and reclaimed the halls from great Smaug. 

Hear the echoes in the deep dark

of hammers, picks, and forge bellows

and marvel at the dwarven works

That shield a steel class warrior

that fights against the orcish fiend

that bears the red eyed Mordor shield. 

Turn your face away from the sky

to the deep and dusty tunnels
to treasure hidden in the earth
to gems and mithril and silver.

Set your mind back to Shire time

to Thorin Oakenshield and friends

to Gimli friend of Legolas.

Come with me to elven forests
lit with golden luminescence
that sparks with motes of purity.

Stop in Rivendell for a while
and rest among the ancient groves
amid the kind house of Elrond

Hear the wisdom of the fair folk
and their tales from the western sea
where everything is forever

in the light of stars and moonshine
in the depths of pewtered forests
in the ancient western homelands.

Set your mind back to Shire time
to fair Arwen Undomiel
to the Lady of Lorien.

Come with me to Gondor's city
and marvel at the works of men
who built their fortress white and strong.

Stop a while at Rohan's expanse
and hear the horselords' wild charge
as they stand to defend so proud.

Hear the war cries of their armies
and the snap of their wind blown flags
as they amass for one last stand

against the darkness from the East
against the towers united
against the evils that threaten.

Set your mind back to Shire time
to Boromir the brave hearted
to Aragorn the one true king.

Set your mind back to Shire time
to the Hobbit's Tale: There and Back
to the Fellowship of the Ring.