No, no, no, can t let go I love them so So I sung when I was young Of all the things to have and hold I d gather them around me Cling to them and cry Don t lift me up! Don t lift me up! Important names, exciting games All began to seem the same I got bored and wanted more And when I asked, you gave and gave Take them all away from me! Has now become my cry And lift me up Lift me up To uncrowded sky No, no, no, truth be told I can t see you any more This stuff of mine, a mountain high Keeps my eyes from meeting yours Ceaseless expectations Are all my life s about Lift me up, lift me up Where did you, the giver go? I am buried in this hole With a fortune for a grave And who d believe I d find you there In such simplicity of air? I used to dream of mighty me Floating on a self-made sea Success and fame, my middle names Claiming what s mine rightfully Beneath this cluttered ocean Of all my answered cries Now I dream of you and me And uncrowded sky