(Tevye)
So you are leaving your home to join that hero of yours. But why won't you tell me where he is?
(Hodel)
He is far, papa, terribly far. He was arrested. He is in a settlement in Siberia.
(Tevye)
Siberia! And he asked you to join him in that frozen wasteland and marry him there?
(Hodel)
No, papa, he did not ask me to go. I want to go.
(Tevye)
But, Hodel, baby...
(Hodel)
But, papa...
How can I hope to make you understand
Why I do... what I do
Why I must travel to a distant land
Far from the home I love
Once I was happily content to be
As I was... where I was
Close to the people who are close to me
Here in the home I love
Who could see that a man would come
Who would change the shape of my dreams?
Helpless, now I stand with him
Watching older dreams grow dim
Oh what a melancholy choice this is
Wanting home, wanting him
Closing my heart to every hope but his
Leaving the home I love
There where my heart has settled long ago
I must go... I must go
Who could imagine I'd be wandering so
Far from the home I love
Yet... there with my love... I'm home
(Tevye)
Well, give him my regards, this Moses of yours. I always thought he was a good man. Tell him I rely on his honor to treat my daughter well. Tell him that.
(Hodel)
Papa, God alone knows when we shall see each other again.
(Tevye)
Then we will leave it in his hands.
(Hodel)
There where my heart has settled long ago
I must go... I must go
Who could imagine I'd be wandering so
Far from the home I love
Yet... there with my love... I'm home
