In my hour of darkness, in my time of need   Oh Lord, grant me vision, oh Lord, grant me speed      Once I knew a young man, went driving through the night   Miles and miles without a word with just his high-beam lights   Who'd have ever thought they'd build such a deadly Denver bend   To be so strong, to take so long as it would till the end      In my hour of darkness, in my time of need   Oh Lord, grant me vision, oh Lord, grant me speed      Another young man safely strummed his silver string guitar   And he played to people everywhere, some say he was a star   But he was just a country boy, his simple songs confess   And the music he had in him so very few possess      In my hour of darkness, in my time of need   Oh Lord, grant me vision, oh Lord, grant me speed      Then there was an old man, kind and wise with age   And he read me just like a book and he never missed a page   And I loved him like my father and I loved him like my friend   And I knew his time would shortly come but I did not know just when      In my hour of darkness, in my time of need   Oh Lord, grant me vision, oh Lord, grant me speed   Oh Lord, grant me vision, oh Lord, grant me speed