Pilgrim lyrics

NarratorOne day as I lay down to restIn a den for my safe keepingI closed my eyelids for the bestAnd I quickly fell to sleepingWas then I had the strangest dreamWhich I shall now forthtellAll of a man who lived in fearFor the thought of going to hell! I saw him reading from a bookAnd his legs they were a-shakingThe more he read the more he shookTill I knew his heart was breakingBut I could not ask why he wept soAs I said, I was only dreamingBut I'm sure that for some means of escapeWas the way his mind was schemingHe looked around this way and thatAs if to make a runBut the burden that was on his backIt surely weighed him downAnd as he wept he cried out"What must I do to be saved,And to stop this burden from dragging me downEven further than the grave?"EvangelistHead over there, you'll find a gateKeep the light in your eyeThat is the way of your escapeThat is the way you must...Head over there, you'll find a gateKeep the light in your eyeThat is the way of your esc
apeThat is the way you must ... flyPilgrimSo I journeyed as a pilgrimNever to returnMany dangers lay before meLessons I must learnUp the highway of salvationMy burden there I lostFell away and rolled right from meWhen I saw the crossThen on an on I bravely wentThrough the "Valley of Humiliation"Was there I fought for my lifeWith the one that I used to serveThen the "Valley of the Shadowof Death" it hung over meI never thought that I'd see the light of day againThen I found a friend, oh what a friendWe travelled togetherTill at "Vanity Fair" they