I watched as the lights went down on Main Street And all the bootstrap people fled in tears When summer comes, we'll dance again, oh yes, we will But the moistened heat could not subside our fears So take now my soul Just get me through to tomorrow Take now my soul Carry me through Lord, I'm comin' home I've been through times when the desert got the best of me And loneliness became my only friend Now here we are in isolated dissonance With some among us longing for the end So take now my soul Just get me through to tomorrow Take now my soul Carry me through Lord, I'm comin' Take now my soul Just get me through to tomorrow Take now my soul Carry me through Lord, I'm comin' home