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
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 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