A Few Thousand Days Ago

I fell asleep on the train With the towering mountains rolling by And woke to the sound Of thunder crashing in the sky The air was ghostly blue The mist was rising slow It's still a vivid memory From a few thousand days ago A few thousand days ago As we passed through small quiet towns Crossed miles of burning desert sands And fields of green and gold, I began to see and understand The wonders great and small That this world has to show In a way I never had before A few thousand days ago Just a few thousand days ago I had made up my mind It was time to let familiar things fall behind I was glad to be all alone In the middle of the wide unknown Through lost empty towns Across miles of burning desert sands And fields of green and gold I began to feel and understand The wonders great and small That this world has to show Like the promise in a new sunrise A few thousand days ago A few thousand days ago