I Must Go Alone To My Bed
I am a weary wanderer,
On a lonesome and winding road.
I am a daily ponderer.
I bear a ponderous load.
My shoes are worn down to the soles.
My pants are rent with gaping holes.
But I still maintain my two feet,
And the earth as a temporal seat.
I have nothing to call my own.
All I possess, I do on loan.
All my possessions I shall shed,
Down to the last verse in my head.
And whether I'll taste victory
Before I face my last defeat,
Is an unrecorded story.
But gain and loss I shall both meet.
I have a few more miles to go.
I have a few more thoughts to know,
And my destination to see,
When I arrive at destiny.
Shed no tears when I pass on by.
We must face the droug