I count the hours, you count the days Together, we count the minutes in this Passion Play Walk dusty miles and I ride that train On a first class ticket, just to be with you again
Picking up tired feet back from a far horizon Cleaned up and brushed down, dressed to look the part Fresh from God's garden, I bring a gift of roses To stand in sweet spring water and press them to your heart
Like the Kipling cat, I walk alone Never inviting trouble, never casting the stone But this badge of honor is of tarnished tin Light your guiding beacon to bring this fisher in