If I Had a Way

If I had a way I would break out of this town
Like a bird without a cage, I would fly and ne'er come down
Oh, to jump aboard some train and let its lonesome whistle sound
If I had a way I would fly and ne'er come down
If I had a way I would break out of this town

If I had a hand to hold and a hand to hold my own

Maybe then I wouldn't always feel so much alone

So to someone, somewhere waiting - leave a light on and keep hope

Once I find out where you are I'll be coming home

I swore that I'd come back - for you - were my lantern in the dark

and the dark without a lantern makes things seem worse than they are
But when I knocked you never opened - for you'd given away your light
Still, you whispered through the door, "it's good to hear your voice tonight"
and it sounded like I might have made you cry...