The Dignity Of Labour - Stronger Is The Soul lyrics

Boarding a train on a dead-end line The old man stumbles while the engine whines And he takes his place with the younger crowd Where sympathy is not allowed He reaches for his favorite book So compelled to take a look All the pages are yellow and the print is gray But the words keep him alive from day to day Remembering those yesterdays When a young man caught a woman's gaze And in that second he claimed to see What would become this memory The lines give way to a smile on his face When he dreams of going to a higher place Where there is no hunger, there is no pain And to see her shining face again All the years have finally taken their toll Weaker is the body Stronger is the soul One day the old man isn't on the train And no one's missed him, just the same But there were angels waiting on the other side To take him on his own eternal ride