From the mountain is steep, the ditches are deep The task in hand is making us weep But here's a promise I intend to keep Seed it in your mind and say it each night Before you sleep We will climb higher in time You've got a head full of trouble and a ship to build You believe you won't make it but you know you will You feel you need your cup refilled, well Fill it out of mine We'll drop the defenses, pool our skill And we will climb higher in time Well, I've been to the bottom and I've been on the train I've slept in the gutter with my head in a drain I've been brutally proud, I've been mortally shamed But this is not a crime I'm just learning, my friends that it's all in the game And we will climb higher in time Higher in time Climb higher in time Climb higher in time Climb higher in time