I'm climbin' this ladder,
  My head in the clouds
  I hope that it matters,
  I'm havin' my doubts.
    I'm watchin' the skaters
  Fly by on the lake.
  Ice frozen six feet deep,
  How long does it take?
    I look out on peaceful lands
  With no war nearby,
  An ocean of shakin' hands
  That grab at the sky.
    I'm singin' this borrowed tune
  I took from the Rolling Stones,
  Alone in this empty room
  Too wasted to write my own.
    I'm climbin' this ladder,
  My heads in the clouds
  I hope that it matters.