Humble Passenger

I set out before the sun came up
Grabbed my light and my canoe
Convinced that's all I needed
Lord knows that wasn't true

So I kept my lantern low
Untill my house was out of view
And by and by I reached the ocean
As the day made its debut
And in the misty summer morning
I found myself under attack
And in the panic of that water
I knew there was no turning back
So I made my peace and I set my course
For an island to the west
For on that shore a sycamore
Ill find myself some rest
Once I hid my boat and covered my oars
I fell down into that shade
And I dreamt that at my ripe old age
I was back in the second grade
And my mama she was callin for me
And my bus came down my street
But I did not know what shoes to wear and I could not find my feet
So I floated down the hall and through the door
And everything went pale
And I climbed aboard that yellow bus as it turned into a whale
And then it swallowed me up whole
Yeah it thrashed me all around
Well it chewed me up and It spit me out miles above the ground
And I was fallin' for the water that was boilin' in a cup
And I tried to scream but had no steam and that's when I woke up
When I came to I was so confused
How long was I asleep
The loneliness I felt right then was enough to make me weep
Then I heard a voice inside my head lit a fire under me
It said your fear is gonna cost a lot but your courage comes for free
So I thanked that little island i paddled off without a care
For I know not where im going but ill know it when im there.
And I know that no ones a-missin' me back in my home town
For together we will always be even though im not around
And the sea swelled by like a ballad and sang its gentle song
But a distant rumble warned me it wouldn't be that way for long
So I spoke out and I told the night
This lifes not only mine
I am just humble passenger and I trust your grand design
By and by the clouds came rumblin' through and the rain drops staggered in
And the waves lined up two by two
For the show would soon begin
And the lightning bolts ripped through the sky like sharks
that missed a meal
And the wind went up so high and cold just like a wall of steel
Then all at once the sea below
Picked me up a mile high
And as it threw me to the oceans floor I heard the nights reply

Well you see my humble passenger the sorrow that I feel for I do not know where you belong and I do not want this wheel