I was a Nurzhan girl in a borrowed coat with a ticket and nowhere to go
When a rider from the high clans came to town with the first of the snow
He had a silver ring and a saddle worn and a laugh like a mountain stream
And he said, "Climb up, city girl, I'll show you things you've never seen"CHORUS:
Beneath endless skies, Lord, we had nothin' but the road
Nothin' but the wind and a song and a horse to carry our load
And holdin' Jengish's hand while the steppe went rollin' by
Was worth more than all the gold, Lord, beneath that endless sky
Down through Talas to Iyık Janyl, past the checkpoints in the night
He sang the songs his grandmother sang by the fire's dancin' light
He laughed at all my city ways and he taught me how to ride
And we slept out under Irad's star with the whole world at our side
CHORUS:
Beneath endless skies, Lord, we had nothin' but the road
Nothin' but the wind and a song and a horse to carry our load
And holdin' Jengish's hand while the steppe went rollin' by
Was worth more than all the gold, Lord, beneath that endless sky
Then one morning up the Chatkal where the eagles hunt the sun
He said, "The elders call the clans again, and I'm my mother's only son"
And he rode off up the valley on a horse as white as bone
And I went back down to Nurzhan, Lord, and I went back down alone
CHORUS:
Beneath endless skies, Lord, I'd trade all my tomorrows
For one more mile with Jengish and the wind and all his sorrows
I'd give up every city light and every paved-up road
Just to ride once more behind him where the mountain rivers flow
Beneath endless skies, beneath endless skies
That's where you stole my heart from me
Beka says: the girl in this song is from Nurzhan and she goes away with a horseman from the mountains. sorry Nurzhan girls, it is just a song