how

long

bef-

ore

I

get

in

bef-

ore

it

starts,

bef-

ore

I

beg-

in

how

long

bef-

ore

we

deci-

de

bef-

ore

I

know

what

it

fe-

els

li-

ke

where

do,

where

do

I

go

if

you

never

tried

then

you'll

ne-

ver

kn-

ow

how

long

do

I

have

to

climb

up

on

this

side

of

this

moun-

tain

of

mine

look

up,

I

look

up

at

night

plan-

ets

are

moving

at

the

speed

of

light

come

up,

up

in

the

trees

ev-

ery

chance

that

you

get,

is

a

chance

you

seize

how

long

I

can

st-

an-

d

with

my

head

stuck

under

the

sa-

n-

d

I'll

start

before

I

can

stop

bef-

ore

I

see

things

the

right

wa-

y

up.

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that

noi-

se,

and

all

that

sound,

all

those

plac-

es

that

I've

got

found.

birds

go

fly-

ing

at

the

speed

of

sound,

to

show

you

how

it

all

beg-

an.

Birds

came

flyi-

ng

from

the

und-

er-

ground,

if

you

could

see

it

then

you'd

und-

er-

stand

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eas

that

you'll

ne-

ver

find,

all

the

inven-

tors

could

nev-

er

des-

ign.

The

build-

ings

that

you

put

up,

J-

ap-

an

and

C-

hi-

na

all

lit

up.

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sign

that

I

coul-

dn't

read,

or

a

light

that

I

coul-

dn't

se-

ee,

some-

things

you

have

to

beli-

eve,

but

oth-

ers

are

puz-

zles,

puzz-

l-

ing

me.

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that

noi-

se,

and

all

that

sound,

all

those

plac-

es

that

I've

got

found.

birds

go

fly-

ing

at

the

speed

of

sound,

to

show

you

how

it

all

beg-

an.

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came

flyi-

ng

from

the

und-

er-

ground,

if

you

could

see

it

then

you'd

und-

er-

stand

oh,

if

you

could

see

it

then

you'd

und-

erstand

All

those

sig-

ns,

I

knew

what

they

meant.

So-

me-

things

you

can

inv-

ent.

Some

get

ma-

de,

and

some

get

sent,

Oo-

oh

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go

fly-

ing

at

the

speed

of

sound,

to

show

you

how

it

all

beg-

an.

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came

flyi-

ng

from

the

und-

er-

ground,

if

you

could

see

it

then

you'd

und-

er-

stand

oh,

when

you

see

it

then

you'll

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