I sat before the wise man in the autumn of my youth And I told him all the things I had to know He said you have the future, if you need to find the truth
You who thought your eyes could tell no lies So your life became a compromise And it was you who had seen men dyin' You heard their children cryin' While
I've had all I can take I've taken just too much I've made a big mistake That put me out of touch I don't think I can face Another single day Without
Alone again, I feel so alone again With this emptiness I just can't hide Picture me with a broken heart See the tears run down my face Everything I had
She came to me one morning, one lonely Sunday morning Her long hair flowing in the mid winter wind I know not how she found me, for in darkness I was
Fallen angel, fallen angel Everyone I see reminds me of you I keep turnin' round expectin' you to be there I keep seein' our past through my looking
I?ve got a dollar deal Hidden down in my shoe So listen friends I tell you what I'm gonna do I?m gonna run up the road of mystery Hangin' by a thread
How strange when You know the feeling That something ain't right You're fooled by the need of being You're blind to the light Don't ask where The stranger
Don't take life for granted 'Cause you know that Life won't grant you back The feelings on the love That you once had You've taken me for granted 'Cause
Did you ever meet the kind of a lady She lives her whole life saying, "Maybe"? Running here and there as she pleases Not a thought for the social diseases
Oh oh You came to me with all of your lies And I was taken in so well Took me quite a time to see the disguise You made it very hard to tell Now here
Oh yeah Wake up, set your sights for never shall we fail Stand up for your rights and justice will prevail You're listening through endless nights And
Out from St. Louis I wasn't choosy I just wanted to get back on the road I hitched in cars and worked in bars Lookin' for a place to lay down my load
My love lives at the end of a rainbow One day, I'm gonna fly there on a firefly High above white angry water With a love song in my heart Someday, somehow
I tried to give you love That was ever flowing I tried to give a love That could be so true But you wanted less Than I had to offer What was I to do I
For many years I felt like a man Feeling his way through darkness This priceless treasure For which I've searched Appeared to me nothing more Than a mirage
In the wilderness And I've just been sitting here Thinking of everybody, I've ever known, yeah Well, you know, I still love you the best Yeah, the best