If I Was

The light of day is fading

To bid the darkness in

When empty smiles can never hide the hollowness within

My thoughts race by like the scene outside

Through the windows of the train

I could cover my eyes but never hide

From the promises I made

If I was a better man

Or a poor man or a king

Would I have the strength to start again

Walk the path that called to me

Somewhere out there waiting

Is a place where I'll know peace

Calling out and beckoning

Be I a poor man or a king

The station long departed

My fate entrusted to the rails

No certain destination

Except the life I'll hope to make

But were the choice presented

Couldn't relinquish or bequeath

The walls I built around the truth

I closely guard within

If I was a better man

Or a poor man or a king

Would I have the strength to start again

Walk the path that called to me

Somewhere out there waiting

Is a place where I'll know peace

Calling out and beckoning

Be I a poor man or a king

Give me your hand

Take your place here next to me

Let us walk this road together

No matter where it leads

Put aside your burdens

Put away your fears

Or I'll carry them as I'd carry you

Until the very end

Somewhere out there waiting

Is a place where we'd know peace

That calls to us

That beckons us

The place where we'd be free

Put aside your burdens

Put away your fears

I'd carry them as I'd carry you

'Till the very end

Put aside your burdens

Put away your fears

I'd carry them as I'd carry you

Until the very end

Somewhere out there waiting

Is a place where we'd know peace

Calling out and beckoning

A place where we'd be free