When I was born they said I could have died
My father did weep and my mother, she cried
Although my lungs were withered inside
A two pound boy was alive
Many months later I was taken home
To a nice little house where I mended my bones
I would sit in the tree that once bordered the road
Watch the world as it turned so slow
Once I was seven we packed up our things
And moved to PA where the setting sun brings
The beauty of life to the valleys and springs
And the sound of the partridge does ring
As I grew older my life doubled in size
The tops of the hills arched their backs towards the skies
‘Cause nature you know, does sink and does rise
Like the ocean, so old and so wise
I remember when I played my first show
The music pulsated with those in the front row
Spring claimed the air as the clouds hung so low
“In a year, a year or so”
Sometimes when I lie awake late at night
I watch the shadows that trickle from the house light
The patterns move slow like those born without sight
When you sleep you life seems so bright
Now that I've grown up, I'll soon leave my home
And pack up the pictures of the ones I did know
I'll never forget all the places I roamed
Pennsylvania, the love you have shown
I do not know if God is real or a lie
But oh well, I thank God I'm alive