Beyond that road lies a shining world   Beyond that road lies despair   Beyond that road lies a world that's gleaming   People who are scheming   Beauty, hunger, glory, sorrow, never a pain or care   I'm liable to find a couple of surprises there      There's a song I must sing, it's a well known song   But the tune is bitter and it doesn't take long   To learn, I can learn      That pretty little world that beams so bright   That pretty little world that seems delightful cambered   Let me learn, let me learn      For I can see it shining somewhere   Bright lights somewhere invite me to compare and learn   And I'm ready, I can hear it, silent singing   Inside my ear, I hear them all singing of love   Who knows maybe all the visions that I see   May be waiting just for me to say      Take me there and make me see it, make me feel it   I know it so, I know that it really may be   Let me learn