Path of the Wanderer

On a highway in the desert, I spied the road ahead Carrying a knapsack with a napkin on my head Nothing much to guide me, but a single book I'd read The heat beat down like a raging wolf, almost left me for dead He's the Lord of the ages He's the God of the road He's the path of the wanderer In the city of gold An endless river hope of your heart and ya soul A well you can drink of a true friend to hold I wondered when the road would end as one foot led the next But there seemed no end in sight as my heart bled in my chest I fell down worn head in the sand said Lord I'm all but spent Have mercy I don't want my life to be over yet I'm drowning in a sorrowed land I have no one else I see the sun on the horizon You are all I've left He's the Lord of the ages He's the God of the road He's the path of the wanderer In the city of gold An endless river hope of your heart and ya soul A well you can drink of a true friend to hold I heard a voice in the wilderness Leave that old world far behind, follow me beyond the fence Pick up your cross and don't look back, and deny yourself Pay heed to the book you read, the words come from myself I'm the Lord of the ages I'm the God of the road I'm the path of the wanderer In the city of gold An endless river hope of your heart and ya soul A well you can drink of a true friend to hold I'm the Lord of the ages I'm the God of the road