I've got my climbing gear and a voice in my ear that gives me the strength to carry on.This ladder is a bridge that leads to that ridge where you can see the horizon unfold.I just feel in many ways, I've been lying here for days.It's hard to get the body working.It's hard for me to say, at this time of day, how I will ease my mind and if I'm doing fine.Mmm, mmm, I just keep on keepin' on, till the day I'm gone.Ambitious climbers like me, think it's plain to see, we don't want to stop on the second highest rung.I've always seemed to know, which way I want to go, to reach the top and see blue sky above.I just feel in many ways, I've been hanging here for days.I need the strength to keep moving.I have one way to go and a lot to show.I climb the ladder now, I'll get there somehow.Mmm, mmm, I just keep on keepin' on, till the day I'm gone.I hope the day I die, I'll have a twinkle in my eye, to comfort everyone around me.I'm stepping through the known and into the unknown.All in all, I just keep on keepin' on, till the day I'm gone.I just keep on keepin' on.