Cuckoo, far from your home Strange is your song to the tree where you've flown Counting the stars in an unfamiliar sky Cuckoo, do you wonder why? Cuckoo, I've seen you hide Safe from the ways of the world there outside Is there a hope that you'll never, never show? Cuckoo, with you it will grow Cuckoo, did you know The earth's far below you now But the air is wide and waiting? Cuckoo, did you know You carry your home in your wings? In the darkness of sorrow, you'll sing Cuckoo, don't you stay still Put air under your wings or someone else will Truth's in the song you sing plainly by night All while you stay out of sight Cuckoo, why is it that you Freeze before the fall with a feather too few? Open your eyes day by day by day by day Cuckoo, to leap is life's way Cuckoo, to leap is life's way Cuckoo, to leap is life's way Cuckoo, to leap is life's way