I will bow and be simple,
And try as I can
To suffer the children
And walk like a man.
Through high times and low, lord,
With luck wearing thin,
I will bow and be simple
The best that I can.

I walk humble and patient
Along down the road.
And I search for the truth
In the stories I'm told.
I try but I find
I still don't understand.
So I'll bow and be simple
'Til I take it all in.

I will hope the notes linger
When I'm dead and gone.
And I'll tell those behind
To keep traveling on.
I might be adrift, like a leaf on the wind.
If it's dirt or redemption
I'll be born again.

I will come to you later
And tell you in song
If it's angels or acrobats
That carry us home.
And I'll whisper my words
On this wind as it blows.
I will bow and be simple
'Cause it's all that I know.