I'm really ok thanks there's nothing to witness
I said as I looked back from the edge of the cliff
The old man looking down leant over the ridge
Stood with a grin as if a blessing had hit him
I slumped on the jut of the cliff
Just leave me alone this is none of your business
I will said the old man but just one thing
And what he said was so lovely it stunned me
He said
I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump I was ever so lost
But this gentleman stopped
And said something I never forgot
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your mum and dad's sides
Successfully looked after and passed onto you life
What are the chances of that like
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere
I tell folk it gets the best of smile
And then the old man
Walked away and out of sight
Till the sound of him hiking
Turned to the sound of silence
I just froze at the profound surprise
And from down at my pride
I found a smile to my eyes
And for many days again
I've been passing the same cliff
And on many occasions
I'd chance on the same thing
Laying in the moss in the same way I was
Would be another man looking like
He needed a change of luck
So I'd say I lay right there
Once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump I was ever so lost
But this gentleman stopped
And said something
I never forgot
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your mum and dad's sides
Successfully looked after and passed onto you life
What are the chances of that like
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere
I tell folk it gets the best of smile
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your mum and dad's sides
Successfully looked after and passed onto you life
What are the chances of that like
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere
I tell folk it gets the best of smile
