My faded boots of leather are all worn down to their soles My feet are sore from walking down this track My body's aching, tired, and I am weary to my bones Looking for someplace to drop my pack I'm reaching through the darkness Trying to find a hand to hold Solitary in the stillness I am just a lonely traveler on the road I am just a lonely traveler on the road I left my home to wander all these many years ago I told myself I never would return But the years and scars and miles and the dust of many roads Left regrets and even harder lessons learned I'm leaving tracks behind me In the freshly fallen snow Searching for a sanctuary I am just a lonely traveler on the road I am just a lonely traveler on the road The houses' lights leave haloes in the darkness and the mist No passerby abroad upon the street Each door remains unanswered to the knocking of my fist O brother won't you find a place for me The clocks are striking midnight I can hear the church bells toll Their echoes in the darkness Singing to this lonely traveler on the road The clocks are striking midnight I can hear the church bells toll Their echoes in the darkness Singing to this lonely traveler on the road Singing to this lonely traveler on the road