Walk on the dusty road Without any shoes See all the people out there Singing the blues I've got my trouble but I'm paying my dues It isn't easy but There's too much to lose
Many's the time I have wandered alone Looking this way and that For something unknown
But where can a good king go Without his throne?
Many's the good man Lost in his prime The path of fortune Took him well before his time He ain't got his trouble But I've still got mine Got to find some freedom Before I start to decline
The moon is rising and I'm still on my own This must be life I guess The seeds have been sown
Where can he go, who can he see Is there anybody, it's easy to be Find him a stairway, find him a tree And while you're doing it Please won't you find one for me
The unbeliever says It's hard to believe I'm told the preacher Frowns on those who deceive The winds of winter Steal leaves from the trees The path of fortune Is getting closer to me
The snow is falling And the thruth is obscured I think of all the things My soul has endured Cursing this loneliness That can't be cured
It's raining outside But that's not unusual But the way that I'm feeling Is becoming usual I guess you could say The clouds are moving away Away from your days And into mine
Now it's raining inside And that's a shame And it's getting to me A happy man Why should you want To waste all my time The world is yours But I'm mine
Rain, rain, rain, in my tears Measuring carefully my years Shame, shame, shame In my mind See what you've done to my life
Rain, rain, rain, in my tears Measuring carefully my years Shame, shame, shame In my mind See what you've done to my life See what you've done to my life
Although now it seems like never When we were even less together I appeared to have my back to the wall
And the way things were going There was no way of knowing If I was having any luck at all
Silently, suddenly Standing before me An old man awaited his death Part of me cried out But none turned to hide For no curses distorted his breath
It was then I took to thinking And my hands took to writing And my dreams came In answer to the call
Waiting in wonder My toughts ran like thunder Could it be that I've been wasting my mind I grew sort of cold As the vision unfolded Bursting the shackles of time
So I gathered what I had I took a look at What was going down And it made me kinda sad Seeing all the circles Going slowly round
And the stars sang in harmony It was so perfect that It laid me down And the rainclouds Were tossed away Seemed like the world was lost And I would drown in its sound
Somewhere along the way I don't know where I had really believed I was poor Looking, not seeing The point of my being When all of my fortune is sure
Reading between the lines I find You don't mean what you say You cheated and you lied And how you made me hurt inside You turned my days Into darkest nights And rearranged my dreams You're just not what you seem Black-hearted lady
I am from the land So you won't understand my grief I've lived in vain belief In world of poisoned words And everywhere I look I find no answer to my prayer You're just not there Black-hearted lady
She sits so quietly At the window by the door Wondering if she'll Ever smile again Her eyes filled with memories And her life in sad array Unaware of the colours of the day She dare not cry for fear Her hope might disappear But if she cared to try I know it all could be so clear
But she's living in the past She didn't know it wouldn't last And it's a long, long, lonely road Oh, to go down
The treasured names You call each other just for fun And as you woke She kissed your eyes You killed it all when it had Only just begun What's it take to make you realise
Love isn't easy though Many like to think it is But you must learn To give and take or know What you will miss
But she's living in the past She didn't know it wouldn't last And it's a long, long, lonely road Oh, to go down
When the leaving birds Fill the stone grey sky And the green, green leaves Turn away and die And the once warm sun Has to run and hide And the Winter clouds Begin their stormy ride Cold black shadows cross my eyes And help to make me realize You've gone, oh Cold Autumn Sunday
Still I walk alone The paths we shared And I try to recreate the love we had For you were my life And my heart is sad And it's strange how autumn Used to make me glad Only now an empty sky is there To let me know how much I care You've gone, oh Cold Autumn Sunday
I'm near to dying No use denying that it's true Spend my whole time crying Finding ways of trying Not to be blue, oh, over you
I have travelled across the universe On wings of golden light And the lady of the mountain Brought me comfort in the night But the love I really need Is further from my sight It is yours
Oh, tell my lover I'm coming home For the last time
I have seen the children playing As I watched the sun go down I have shared their games And sung their songs And helped their world go round And although I know enough of life To tie up my own shoes I still need you
Oh tell my lover I've been away For the last time For the last time
You put a load on me Though you probably Didn't mean to I'm on the road, you see Leading to my mind To my work, to you
It's all dividing me It's a hard, hard game I play And eventually it could Take my reason to live away
Reaching out in Eagerness to please Seeking out The happiness of ease At the same time Holding out a hand Though the other one keeps On making all these plans
What is this place I find myself in? Where we're all supposed To think the same way All I see is patience growing thin While the people need someone With something to say
In the garden of peace All around me is dying And the place where My love grew is empty At this moment in time How can truth be a crime I'll tell you if only you'll let me
I'll let you into a secret of mine Like a delicate wine treat it gently By setting free All the love in your heart Life will become what it was Meant to be originally
With this memorized Take your place by my side And we'll ponder The joys of tomorrow Only in love can we Live with our pride For in love lies No reason for sorrow
I gave my friend a helping hand But I find it hard to understand Why this and more Never seems to be enough For as long as I live I'm prepared to give Just as much of myself Or of what I have For I know what it's like When the going's really rough
But I can see there are decisions I will have to make In a world that seems to live on Take and take and take
And what will happen Should the river of my soul run dry ? Will I be needed then? Will someone sing me a lullaby ?
My friend gave me a helping hand And I wondered then If I could be a man Strong enough to Forgive with a smile Now as I've travelled far-off lands I see it clearer
And it makes me glad I guess I'm happy 'cause I'll go on giving for a while And I hope it's for all my life
Winter came today And took the sun away Leaving me with nothing but The stars to play But I'm sure that I won't Let it bring me down The rough comes with the smooth But that's what life's about
Working on the principle That you'll be here I can stand alone for quite a while I know I can learn to live The changes of the year Mellow in the river of your smile
I know that the season's Queen Can hear me She's bringing longer shadows To the trees Perhaps she knows I'd love to have you near me So she tries her Very best to please Her best to please
I suppose I'll always have These memories Till we are together once again Of the days which were So long and lonely Till the longer shadows And all the golden meadows Tell me that the time has come For us to live again
I'm just wandering Through this day Thinking of you Father time rolls away Night comes nearer It's getting to me now In the morning I'll be better In the morning I'll be better
I've been waiting So long for this day Darkest nights all alone far away All that's past I don't mind this last time In the morning I'll be better In the morning I'll be better
When I get home And I see you again In the morning we'll be better
One last mile this old car Must go faster I'm on my knees Yet I'm higher today Now I see you I know I'm nearly better 'Cause in the morning I'll be better In the morning I'll be better
