Ailiu Qiang Village Mountains and Rivers - 张锡瑞

Grandpa said we were inseparable Me and that old hound On a hundred acre spread The only playmate to be found When that old dog died I cried and cried And thought my world would end It's rough at seven losing your best friend Grandpa held in his arms and said There will be mountains on your path There will be rivers you must cross There will be storms that bring you down And tears and times of loss But all the things that hurt you most Are the ones that make you strong God will give you strength to carry on There will be mountains The big city lights were calling me By the time I turned eighteen So I packed my bags and said goodbye I'm off to chase my dreams On the ladder of success I'm trying hard to climb each day It always seems like somethings in my way When I think of giving up I hear him say There will be mountains on your path There will be rivers you must cross There will be storms that bring you down And tears and times of loss But all the things that hurt you most Are the ones that make you strong God will give you strength to carry on There will be rivers Someday when I have children of my own When their hearts get broken Grandpa's words I'll pass along There will be mountains on your path There will be rivers you must cross There will be storms that bring you down And tears and times of loss But all the things that hurt you most Are the ones that make you strong God will give you strength to carry on There will be storm clouds There will be rivers There will be mountains

I wanna see the world And find out what the truth is And chase after a girl But I can't bear the newness It's who I am I've found it's easier giving up So I close my eyes Pretend I've never seen the sky And fear the only things I've ever loved So if you've got an anxious heart You're not the only one And I won't let you fall apart If you don't let me run Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Breakdowns, I've had a few But I always come out laughing And I romanticize the cost But I'm not troubled like a genius I'm just troubled like a man that's lost, ooh And I still remember how it was When all these questions only served to pass the time And now it feels like asking ain't enough So if you've got an anxious heart You're not the only one And I won't let you fall apart If you don't let me run Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh And the boy says something's wrong But the people don't believe And the wolf comes in tonight When your mind is trying to sleep And I'll make up ways to steal my joy And when it's real I don't believe it And I swear it's just like being The village, the wolf and the boy I wanna feel the sun And find out what the truth is And chase after a girl 'Cause no matter how it breaks me I can't bring myself to hate this world