[Verse] When you were still a babe I was a family man In a modest house In the midwestern plains I had wives and children until I died The secrets of the world revealed I could no longer live a lie [Chorus] Now I write and sing Spread the good word to those who will hear I am a man who has seen the light I will be there In your darkest dreams With a hand held out for you [Verse 2] I was shown where the world went wrong The message turned upside down And words got wrong You don't have to believe me I don't try to convince you But I know it doesn't have to be this way The world doesn't have to be this way Of pain and suffering This way [Chorus] Now I write and sing Spread the good word to those who will hear I am a man who has seen the light I will be there In your darkest dreams With a hand held out for you [Outro] And if you meet a strange man With a twinkle in his eye That hints of things unknown You may want to listen
