My brothers and I were born of the sky The curse lay on me unable to fly But in the first few months of our lives Carefree in the sun we all would lie A year found our growth too great for the nest But born to the wings was strength for the rest So restless all my brother become Anxious in their quest to reach the sun Then my mother said to me That I alone must sail the sea And that my father's hand Had carved a wooden boat for me Then she cried Aye, then I turned around and saw her As she spread her wings To greet the sky so blue And she flew The time pa**es slow I watch it all go Was born of a kind That I'll never know Now that I have finally found The place that I am supposed to go I find it awfully sad That you no longer care to know Then I cried Aye, then you turned around and saw me In the golden light of your stare I am there