[Verse 1]

That morning sky gave me a look

So I left while you were sleeping, that's all it took

And I chalked a line south down the coast

Goin' where my thirst was open

For the things that I don't know

Goin' where I wasn't payin' for the hurt that I owe

[Verse 2]

One half moon sleeping by the creeks

And a woman put me under her barn roof for a week

I knew her voice before she spake

I saw a grave dug by a preacher, just to see what it would make

[Chorus]

So hold high how faint your reasons

(Boy, you'll never get on)

Don't you forget you come from nothing

(Boy you'll never get on)

That wind is calling my name

I won't wait

Or I'll never get on

[Verse 3]

It's not hard to live like a ghost

I just haunt all that I've wanted and leave what I don't

I dreamt a trail up to the sky

And my brothers built propellers just to see how far they'd fly

[Chorus]

So hold high how faint your reasons (Boy, you'll never get on)

Your flashing sparrows chasin' with them (Boy, you'll never get on)

Don't you forget you come from nothing (Boy, you'll never get on)

That wind is calling my name

And I won't wait or I'll never get on

[Bridge]

That wind is calling my name

And I won't wait or I'll never get on

[Outro]

So hold high how faint your reasons

Hold up high how faint your reasons

Hold high how faint your reasons

That wind is calling my name

I won't wait or I'll never get on