Valerie told me that when Nick originally wrote the lyrics, he was referring to his all-encompassing goal to one day write songs professionally. At the time, Nick was an unknown musician living in New York City, hoping to be discovered. While looking up at the skyscrapers towering above him, he came up with the phrase ain’t no mountain high enough to convey just how determined he was that nothing was going to keep him from his dream: No wind, no rain Or winter’s cold can stop me baby, ’Cause you are my goal.
