I was just a boy, and I travelled on I knew not where I'd lie Oh, my ma was gone, my pa moved on But I'd seen that blinding light And a fire burned so deep and white My heart was clear and bright And I said some way, Lord, please someday let me kneel before your side ♪ Now the light that shines through the Smoking blinds tells tales of days gone by Of my wife who left, of the tears I've wept How I drink more than I'd like And that fire burned all through the night The flames took up the sky And I said some way, Lord, please someday give me peace that satisfies ♪ Well the years have come and the years have gone And I've seen this all before And if there's nothing new underneath the sun What has been will be once more And that fire burns, but it's not as bright And it gets harder to recognize But I'll learn some way, Lord, please someday Not to seek, instead to find Oh, I'll learn some way, Lord, please someday Not to seek, instead to find Oh, I'll learn some way, Lord, please someday Not to seek, instead to find