King's Highway Lyrics - Singles - Joe Henry

I might just change my mind 

Sometimes you can never tell 

Where a story will unwind 

How deep is the shallow ground 

Sometimes you would never guess 

Who's all talk and who just might 

Find a way or lose themselves 

On the king's highway tonight 

I am just like many more 

Who lie in bed, still and numb 

Waking up and I can see 

Just how dark it has become 

Who knows no better angels now 

Who knows none but earthly light 

Who is waiting for a stranger 

On the king's highway tonight 

It wasn't how I had it planned 

When it finally came around 

I took a man with my own hands 

But I held him close when he went down 

He hadn't time to be afraid 

His look was only of surprise 

Staring up from where he lay 

On the king's highway tonight 

I took the little that he had 

Only as an afterthought 

He wouldn't have to feel so bad 

To think I killed him just because 

He was passing through this town 

Only 'cause he looked about right 

He stopped when I flagged him down 

On the king's highway tonight 

I might just change my mind 

Sometimes you can never tell