I fell asleep on the train   With the towering mountains rolling by   And woke to the sound   Of thunder crashing in the sky      The air was ghostly blue   The mist was rising slow   It?s still a vivid memory   From a few thousand days ago   From a few thousand days ago      As we passed through small quiet towns   Crossed miles of burning desert sands   And fields of green and gold   I began to see and understand      The wonders great and small   That this world has to show   In a way I never had before   A few thousand days ago   Just a few thousand days ago      I had made up my mind   It was time to let familiar things fall behind   I was glad to be all alone   In the middle of the wide unknown      Through lost empty towns   Across miles of burning dessert sands   And fields of green and gold   I began to feel and understand      The wonders great and small   That this world has to show   Like the promise in a new sunrise   A few thousand days ago   A few thousand days ago      It set my heart and soul at ease   To hear the silence and the wind through the trees   I was glad to be all alone   In the middle of the wide unknown      I fell asleep on the train   With the towering mountains rolling by   And woke to the sound   Of thunder crashing in the sky      The air was ghostly blue   The mist was rising slow   It?s still a vivid memory   From a few thousand days ago   From a few thousand days ago