A Few Thousand Days Ago Lyrics - Marshall Crenshaw

I fell asleep on the train 

With the towering mountains rolling by 

And woke to the sound 

Of thunder crashing in the sky 

The air was ghostly blue 

The mist was rising slow 

Its still a vivid memory 

From a few thousand days ago 

From a few thousand days ago 

As we passed through small quiet towns 

Crossed miles of burning desert sands 

And fields of green and gold 

I began to see and understand 

The wonders great and small 

That this world has to show 

In a way I never had before 

A few thousand days ago 

Just a few thousand days ago 

I had made up my mind 

It was time to let familiar things fall behind 

I was glad to be all alone 

In the middle of the wide unknown 

Through lost empty towns 

Across miles of burning dessert sands 

And fields of green and gold 

I began to feel and understand 

The wonders great and small 

That this world has to show 

Like the promise in a new sunrise 

A few thousand days ago 

A few thousand days ago 

It set my heart and soul at ease 

To hear the silence and the wind through the trees 

I was glad to be all alone 

In the middle of the wide unknown 

I fell asleep on the train 

With the towering mountains rolling by 

And woke to the sound 

Of thunder crashing in the sky 

The air was ghostly blue 

The mist was rising slow 

Its still a vivid memory 

From a few thousand days ago 

From a few thousand days ago