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 coattails and yr warm shawl

Up where there's an Everlasting Arm,

sends us out alone, moves us out of harm

Ever-reaching always sweeping...

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...

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...