marshall crenshaw
a few thousand days ago
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