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 how long before I get in

 before it starts, before I begin

 how long before you decide

 before I know what it feels like

 where to, where do I go

 if you never tried then you'll never know

 how long do I have to climb

 up on this side of this mountain of mine

 look up, I look up at night

 planets are moving at the speed of light

 come up, up in the trees

 every chance that you get is a chance you seize

 how long am I can stand

 with my head stuck under the sand

 I'll start before I can stop

 or before I see things the right way up

all that noise, all that sound

all those places that i got found

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 and birds go flying at the speed of sound

 to show how it all began

birds come flying from the underground

 if you could see it then you'd understand

 ideas that you'll never find

 all the inventors could never design

 the buildings that you put up

 Japan and China all lit up

 the sign that I couldn't read

 all the light that I couldn't see

 somethings you have to believe

 but others are puzzles, puzzling me

all that noise, all that sound

all those places that i got found

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all those signs I knew what they meant

 something you can't invent

Some get made, and some get sent

ooh

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 Oh when you see it then you'll understand