I might just change my mind
Sometimes you can never tell
Where a story will unwind
Or how deep is a shallow well;
Sometimes you would never guess
Who's all talk and who just might
Find their way or lose themselves
On the King's Highway tonight.
I am just like many more
Who lie in bed, still and numb,
Awake enough that I can see
Just how dark it has become;
Who knows no better angels now,
Who's known none but an earthly light
And who is waiting for a stranger
On the King's Highway tonight.
It wasn't how I had it planned
When it finally came around,
I took a man with my own hands
But I held him close when he went down;
He hadn't time to be afraid
His look was only of surprise,
Staring up where he lay
On the King's Highway tonight.
I took the little that he had
Only as an afterthought
He wouldn't have to feel so bad
To think I'd k**ed him just because
He was pa**ing through this town
And only ‘cause he looked about right,
And he stopped when I flagged him down
On the King s Highway tonight.
I might just change my mind
Sometimes you can never tell.