Frank Turner - Journey Of The Magi lyrics

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Moses was old, a chill in his bones.<br />

Falling apart, he knew in his heart that his time had come.<br />

As he lay in his tent in the hot desert sands, <br />

He smiled at how he would never see his promised land.<br />

He sang "I could have lived and died an Egyptian prince, <br />

I could have played safe, <br />

But in the end the journey's brought joys that outweigh the pain."<br />

Odysseus sat tired and alone.<br />

He'd always held out against all the doubts that he would come home.<br />

But now he was here, his soul felt estranged.<br />

His wife and his dog, his son and his Gods, everything changed.<br />

He sang "I could have stayed and ruled as an Ithican prince, <br />

I could've played safe.<br />

But in the end the journey's brought joys that outweigh the pain."<br />

Balthazar rode for seven long years, eastwards and far, <br />

He followed his star, and it brought him here.<br />

To a stable in ruins in some backwater town, <br />

To a virgin defiled, no king but a child, too small for a crown.<br />

He sang "I could have lived with my Gods as a Persian prince, <br />

I could've played safe, <br />

But in the end the journey's brought joys that outweigh the pain."<br />

Paupers and kings, princes and thieves, <br />

Singers of songs, righters of wrongs, be what you believe.<br />

So saddle your horse and shoulder your load, <br />

Burst at the seams, be what you dream, and take to the road