My mother said come back to me
There's nothing for you there
The people live in such strange homes
And never know despair
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I said the skies are just as blue
It's just I'm older now
The grass seems just as green
The earth as rich somehow
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I've heard the song of other lands
And seen their golden fields
But I love you in all your glory
And your rugged hills that yield
I'll climb right to the top of you
And touch your sky, if I can
Though you never show your secrets
You know me as a man
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My father said don't try to climb it
Don't try to reach so far
But how could he expect to stop me
When he knew just who I are
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I have to climb right to the top of you
And see the secrets that you hide
Though you never show your secrets
You know me as a child
(Chorus)
I'll climb right to the top of you
And touch your sky, if I can
Though you never show your secrets
You know me as a man