Shawn Mullins - Appalachian lyrics

I'd like to hike the appalachian I've tossed it around in my mind But then i say to myself Boy you must be crazy Don't you know you'll never have the time I'd like to go into the city Maybe travel for a while Hitch a ride, now there's something i can do But i've never been more than a mile And it might take forever But i am all i have to show There is a missing piece To find before i go Three words away from a masterpiece Ten thousand miles from my home And all my greed And three hungry mouths to feed I don't know if i can make it on my own And yet it's raining up on sharp top My spirit's molding me like clay I guess we should have built further from the river bank It's trying to wash us all away And it might take forever But we are all we have to show There is a missing piece To find before we go This morning's battle, population On the city street below And lord i dread to get up out of bed Five million footprints in the snow And it might take forever But i am all i have to show There is a missing piece To find before i go