Sundown And Dark Lands

down a green valley where spring waters flow across the broad swamp where few ever go I wandered till sundown in search of the truth that hides in dark places and forever aloof I searched in the hills and deep in the marsh in fugitive lands where the lost path is harsh and I found the secret the black water knew concealed in the shade of a faraway slough this is the journey that every man takes from brightest sunshine to still water brakes there in that lonely and desolate place I whispered a prayer for the whole human race deliver us all from the frightful regret of sundown and dark lands we cannot forget