[The Daybreak Boys]
There's a stranger chasin' behind me
What does he want? What does he need?
There's a stranger chasin' behind me
Do I escape? Or do I remain?
God only knows, God only knows!
And he's comin' on fast –

[Shy]
Lights turn sable
Journey when you're able
And gently tug the cable
For the one you trust
Push on fearless ranger
Show the road you're danger
And don't you mind the stranger
You leave in your dust

[The Daybreak Boys]
(In your dust)
Here's a stranger boundin' beyond me
Why does he run? Where will he end?
Here's a stranger boundin' beyond me
Why's he so pale? Why is he so cool?
God only knows, God only knows!
And he's goin' so fast...
[Clay]
Don't you soften
Preacher's near the coffin
Once he's in, you're off 'n
On your merry way
Through the mayflies swarming
It's just the night that's warming
Now close the fissure forming
In your heart at bay

[The Daybreak Boys]
(Collect your pay)
Who's the stranger breakin' before me?
What has he seen? Where has he been?
Who's the stranger breakin' before me?
Never before were two so mismated
Yet on we go, onward we go
Onward we go –

[Clay & Shy]
Tell me, stranger, you there beside me
Why do ye care? Why do you come?
Tell me, stranger, you there beside me
Where leads the road?
'N where are we wand'ring?
I wanna know, I wanna know
Before this moment is passed –
[The Daybreak Boys]
Tell me, stranger, you there beside me
Why do you care? Why do you come?
Tell me, stranger, you there beside me
Where leads the road?
'N where are we wand'ring?
I wanna know, I wanna know
Before the moment is passed
The moment is passed

[Shy]
The moment is passed