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Not for me your built-up cities
where people live with insecurities
Far too self-absorbed to notice life
as it passes them by in the blink of an eye
Not for me your Ibiza or Dubai
Places where money goes along with a high
Nothing there but a soulless existence
where people live with false pretence
Not for me the nine to five
where brain cells usually die
And stress builds like a volcano
waiting to explode, ready to blow
No, none of that is for me now
for in it I will drown
Life is wonderful if you know where to look
you can live the life of an unwritten book
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For me it’s about the wilds
where I can look through the eyes of a child
Where mountains soar and rivers run
and once again my heart does pump
To hear a Wolf howl in the night
or see a great eagle take flight
A bear cub fishing for salmon in plain
and Whales splash in playful delight
Whilst waterfalls rush over cliffs
Hearing the rush would be bliss
To feel alive amongst all I see
To be like them, wild and free
Alaska and Canada, Norway and Sweden
are places I wish to be in union
Whilst many others sit and wait
as I do to open my long-held-back gates
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So much to do in so little time
not to do so would be a life crime
Yet money always takes a hold
so these stories can as yet be untold
But a temporary setback it is
for too many opportunities to miss
Where there’s a will there’s a way
I shall have my day
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