On the hill High up on the Downs If it's clear You can see for miles and miles Down below All along the coast Near the rocks The sun on the sea glitters everywhere Meanwhile up in the air The birds they swoop Up here You know it's hard to describe Then we walked Right around the fort And then we talked We spoke about the olden days Of a time Many years ago Forgotten days When life was simpler than we know Meanwhile up on the air The birds they swoop They dive There's another world Up here You know it's hard to describe On top Of Cissbury Ring Four seasons in a day Confusi9on drifts away On Cissbury Ring Meanwhile up in the air The birds they swoop They dive There's another world Up here You know it's hard to describe On top Of Cissbury Ring Four seasons in a day Confusion drifts away On Cissbury Ring