In the twilight hour In my Ivory tower Staring out across the Sea I can see the lightning I can read the writing I can see what had to be It had to be I just cannot understand How you can call yourself a man And give away your liberty Lay me down, lay me down Go lay these shattered bones I'm coming home, I'm coming home Go lay these shattered bones On a lonesome prairie Under sky-blue heavens Roamed a cowboy refugee Nowhere left to go But the Alamo, just a one-man cavalry To fight the tyranny Lay me down, lay me down Go lay these shattered bones I'm coming home, I'm coming home Go lay these shattered bones Ooh-oh, some are born to see the light Ooh-oh, some are born to endless night Some are born to see the light In my twilight hour In my Ivory tower Gazing into an endless Sea Here it comes, the lightning I can read the writing I can see what had to be It had to be Lay me down, lay me down Go lay these shattered bones I'm coming home, I'm coming home Go lay these shattered bones (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh)