"Why I Want to Go"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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My uncle's words were rash and spoke in haste
Yet still it seems an awful waste of space
To linger here behind these darkened walls
While to my heart the world beyond them calls

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	For just one chance to walk that untamed land
	And rule a realm there at my own command
	I'd leave the only sacred ground I know
	Oh, how I want to go

My heart's desire is a world of trees
Though I know none shall ever shine like these
Yet through their shade shall not the stars shine through
That, seeing them, I might remember You?

	You never told us it would be a crime
	To live a life within the stream of time
	To seek a country that can change and grow
	That's why I want to go

Though I know not what journey we begin
I cast my lot with all my reckless kin
I want to feel the wind caress my hair
To wander free and see what waits out there

	I have so much to see, so much to learn
	Shall I regret that I cannot return?
	Or shall I love the land I find there so
	I'll be glad I chose to go?

	If I stay here, there's no way I can know
	That's why I want to go