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Intro

Verse 1

And so with the explorers on my heels I started t'wheel

Stepped aside stone walls, i was sick of it all

And so I set my sail on yr coat-tails and yr warm shawl

Up where there's an Everlasting Arm,

sends us out alone,

moves us out of harm

Ever-reaching always sweeping...

Verse 2

And though I struggled t'take my place, there stood my mistake

Standing there like some great big theatre curtain he knew for certain

I'd come down on you softly

Up where...

Verse 3

By and by the gates swung wide, Loved ones came in sight

Storming down the street like Puerto-Rican kids in a summer rain

Breaking open the hydrants and going insane

Up where...