I've been walking at dusk just walking With these lonely man's blues on my back I've been down to the well And I've been to the Liberty Bell But it looks to be Getting a crack And I've been talking about love just talking And it seems like I don't get nowhere So maybe I ought to go To just where I don't know But it looks to be Other than here And if I was a lighthouse I would shine out on the ocean If I was a train I would always run on time Safely on their way I would send God's weary travelers And when my time was done I would leave it all Behind Well I've been thinking about war just thinking I've been beating my plowshares thin I sought my own redress I read the Gettysburg Address But old Abe it seems A hard road to win And I've been playing my guitar just playing And I'm running out of good things to say I saw what there was to see And they give me a Bachelor's degree And I think it's time now That I was away And if I was a light house I would shine out on the ocean If I was a train I would always run on time Safely on their way I would send gods weary travelers And when my time was done I would leave it all Behind