The Maze

When the temperature gets cold outside

And you are without warmth

Let my lantern guide you

Let it move you back and forth

When the sky is turning

To a gray and navy haze

Let me walk beside you

Let me take you through the maze

Born without a healer or

A leader of some kind

Kept myself together

Through the misery of time

With the years came the experience

Of learning how to live

Alone in destitution with

Nothing much else to give

I met a man in Omaha

He was a lot like me

A rugged combination

Of this girl from Tennessee

I never knew the feeling of

A love so pure and true

So we started on our way

And bid our former lives adieu

Round the country round the world

In big empty boxcars

Everything was breezy

Till he pawned off my guitar

It was all I had that ever

Made me feel secure

Until that day I never knew

What torture I'd endure

Soon enough I realized

We had made a mistake

Leaving our homes for a life

We knew we couldn't make

Packed my bags that night

And made sure that he never heard

And when I left Chicago

No I never said a word

There comes a time in all our lives

When we will have to choose

What comes first yourself

Or someone you're destined to lose

Sure enough when you're ready

To make the leap back in

A world of dread comes lingering

When whispered words begin

When the temperature gets cold outside

And you are without warmth

Let my lantern guide you

Let it move you back and forth

When the sky is turning

To a gray and navy haze

Oh won't you let me walk beside you

Let me take you through the maze

Take you through the maze

Take you through the maze