HOW LONG BEFORE I GET IN
BEFORE IT STARTS
BEFORE I BEGIN
HOW LONG BEFORE YOU DEIDE
BUT BEFORE I KNOW
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
WHERE TO, WHERE DO I GO
IF YOU NEVER TRY
THEN YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO CLIMB
UP ON THE SIDE
OF THIS MOUNTAIN OF MINE
LOOK UP, I LOOK UP AT NIGHT
PLANETS ARE MOVIN'
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
CLIMB UP, UP IN THE TREES
EVERY CHANCE THAT YOU GET
IS A CHANCE YOU SEIZE
HOW LONG AM I GONNA 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
AND ALL THAT SOUND
ALL THOSE PLACES
I GOT FOUND
AND BIRDS GO FLYIN'
AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
TO SHOW YOU
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
BIRDS CAME FLYIN'
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
ALL JAPAN AND CHINA
ALL LIT UP
A SIGN THAT I COULDN'T READ
OR A LIGHT THAT I COULDN'T SEE
SOME THINGS
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
BUT OTHERS ARE PUZZLES
PUZZLING ME
ALL THAT NOISE
AND ALL THAT SOUND
ALL THOSE PLACES
I GOT FOUND
AND BIRDS GO FLYIN'
AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
TO SHOW YOU
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
BIRDS CAME FLYIN'
FROM THE UNDERGROUND
IF YOU COULD SEE IT
THEN YOU'D UNDERSTAND
AH, WHEN YOU SEE IT
THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
ALL THOSE SIGNS
I KNEW WHAT THEY MEANT
SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T INVENT
SOME GET MADE
AND SOME GET SENT, OOH...
AND BIRDS GO FLYIN'
AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
TO SHOW YOU
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
BIRDS CAME FLYIN'
FROM THE UNDERGROUND
IF YOU COULD SEE IT
THEN YOU'D UNDERSTAND
AH, WHEN YOU SEE IT
THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND...