2: i would have but i did not

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climin' up a maintain top
climin' and no stoppin' stop
climin till my ears go pop
climin' up a mountain

the road is ragged-jagged
curlin' closer to my jacket
wind making all the racket
climin' up a mountain

atop the wide mountaintop
hardships won and hardships fought
the tops of shops burned in my thought
i climbed up a mountain

then

tumblin' down the mountain foot
rumblin' like goliath's foot
wheelin' till my back stays put
tumblin down a mountain

eyes apart, my back departs
the sheets from my cold march
lips break free from the hush
and let go what was kept

"i haven't climbed the mountain yet"

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