Ralph McTell — Up

When you look to the hill you must climb And your doubts will not disappear But don't look down, look ahead Isn't that what they said It's a long way up from down here To be fearless does not mean you're brave To be brave means you have to know fear Each crevice, each grip Each foothold, each slip It's a long way down from up here So rise with the morning and run to the hills Until you can't run no more Like a bird set free from the chains of the night And rise from the valley floor Well, the bigger the hill the more shade Deep in the dark lurks the fear On the top all alone The only shadow's your own It's a long way down from up here And you'll remember each painstaking step And the thump of your heart in your ear Let it beat like a drum Marshall courage to come It's a long way down from up here So rise with the morning and run to the hills Until you can't run no more Like a bird set free from the chains of the night And rise from the valley floor The picture is broader high up With a view that cannot compare Three-sixty degrees Might bring you to your knees It's a long way up from down here So rise with the morning and run to the hills Until you can't run no more Like a bird set free from the chains of the night And rise from the valley floor So rise with the morning and run to the hills Until you can't run no more Like a bird set free from the chains of the night And rise from the valley floor