I Can't Touch the Sun

(Shel Silverstein)
 I can't touch the clouds for you, I'll never reach the sun for you
 I've never done the things that you need done for you
 I've stretched as high as I can reach, I guess I'm not the one for you
 'Cause I can't touch the clouds or reach the sun for you
 No I can't reach the clouds or touch the sun
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 I can't turn back time for you, and make you sweet sixteen again
 I can't turn your barren fields to green again
 And I won't sit around and talk of how things might have been again
 No I can't turn back time and make you young again
 I can't turn back time and make you young
 I hope you find somebody who can do the things I didn't do
 And find the road I didn't find, and build a brighter world for you
 I hope you find somebody old enough to reach and take a hold
 And guide your ever changing mind, and free your ever risin' soul
 But I can't, No I can't
 I can't look inside your mind, and see the things you're hopin' for
 And I can't help you chase the dream you're gropin' for
 You say your arms are open wide, but Lord knows who they're open for
 No I can't know your mind or chase your dreams with you
 No I can't chase your dreams or know your mind
 So say goodbye and don't look back, I've had some happy days with you
 Sorry I can't be the one who stays with you
 And when they ask about me, you can say I was the one with you
 Who never touched the clouds or reached the sun with you
 No I can't reach the clouds or touch the sun
 I guess it's done, I can't touch the sun for you, ooh, ooh, ooh
 I can't touch the sun, I can't no I can't, ooh, no, ooh, no
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 I can't touch the sun, no lord, no, hmm, hmm...
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