a woman stopped me on the street the other day

and bummed some money so she could eat

as i looked around her i could tell

her whole life was a living hell

and no words of comfort i could find

but then she touched my arm as if to ease my mind

and she said

i still believe there's a light

shining on me in the darkest night

the peace train's running just a little late

but it's gonna' be here

any day

so hang on

i told her my life has been pretty easy

i seldom want

i rarely need

but sometime it still feels like there's somethin' missing

maybe someone who i could believe

she touched my face and laughed out loud

then disappeared into the crowd

but i still heard her saying

i still believe there's a light

shining on me in the darkest night

the peace train's running just a little late

but it's gonna' be here

any day

so be strong

a good friend called me up yesterday

life's been hard on him

it's taken so much away

he said "maybe this world's already ended

and the saved have already gone

we keep praying for redemption

but maybe we're just on our own"

so i told him

i still believe there's a light

shining on me in the darkest night

the peace train's running just a little late

but it's gonna' be here

any day