Could have been a writer Should have been a novelist Could have been something, anything other than this Turn the light on now, turn the light on Room so dark without, room so dark without love Should have been a healer And gone to africa Magic medicine, that�ll clear it all up Put away the hunger now, put away the hunger World so dark without, world so dark without love But night comes, quiet as a cat I lay awake considering, I consider until my mind grows fat Don�t know much about the weight of the world But the weight on my brain sure in-tact And maybe i�m good at that Could have been a pundit Could have been uncle same Should have been holy, a political holy man Shift the gears now, turn the wheels of change Land so dark without, land so dark without love But that�s another kind of healer Night comes, quiet as a cat I lay awake considering, I consider until my mind grows fat Don�t know much about the weight of the world But the weight on my brain sure in-tact And maybe I�m good at that I�ll never be an Olympic star I�m not that strong, I can�t run that far I�ll never die on the silver screen I�m not that brave, not much hero in me Could have been a thinker Could have been a philosopher More like a tinker, a philosophical amateur Turn the light on now, turn the light on World so dark without, world so dark World so dark without, world so dark World so dark without, world so dark