A Few Thousand Days Ago

I fell asleep on the train
 With the towering mountains rolling by
 And woke to the sound
 Of thunder crashing in the sky
 The air was ghostly blue
 The mist was rising slow
 It's still a vivid memory
 From a few thousand days ago
 From a few thousand days ago
 As we passed through small quiet towns
 Crossed miles of burning desert sands
 And fields of green and gold
 I began to see and understand
 The wonders great and small
 That this world has to show
 In a way I never had before
 A few thousand days ago
 Just a few thousand days ago
 I had made up my mind
 It was time to let familiar things fall behind
 I was glad to be all alone
 In the middle of the wide unknown
 Through lost empty towns
 Across miles of burning dessert sands
 And fields of green and gold
 I began to feel and understand
 The wonders great and small
 That this world has to show
 Like the promise in a new sunrise
 A few thousand days ago
 A few thousand days ago
 It set my heart and soul at ease
 To hear the silence and the wind through the trees
 I was glad to be all alone
 In the middle of the wide unknown
 I fell asleep on the train
 With the towering mountains rolling by
 And woke to the sound
 Of thunder crashing in the sky
 The air was ghostly blue
 The mist was rising slow
 It's still a vivid memory
 From a few thousand days ago
 From a few thousand days ago