Johnny Cash Like a Soldier lyrics

With the twilight colors falling and the evening laying shadows
Hidden memories come stealing from my mind
As I feel my heart beating out the simple joy of living
I wonder how I ever was that kind

But the wild road I was rambling was always out there calling
And they said a hundred times I should have died
But now my present miracle, so, I believe
They were roads that I was meant to ride

Like a soldier getting over the war
Like a young man getting over his crazy days
Like a bandit getting over his lawless ways
Everyday is better than before, I'm like a soldier getting over the war


There were nights I don't remember and there's pain that I've forgotten
Other things I choose not to recall there are faces that come to me
In my darkest secret memory faces that I wish
I would not come back at all

In my dreams parade of lovers from the other times and places
There's not one that matters now, no matter who
I'm just thankful for the journey and that I've survived the battles
And that my spoils of victory are you