Where We Belong

Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When it's real, I keep it alive

The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day

Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the worlds we know
Up where the clear winds blow

– From “Up Where We Belong” by Jack Nitzsche,
Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Return to the Great South Land
• In Birpai Country
• Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast (2010)
• Happy Birthday, Buffy! (2018) – includes Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “songwriter’s version” of “Up Where We Belong”)

Image: The hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. (Photo: Michael J. Bayly).