As your soul drifts on the plate   To the floor where she is standing   Rising by the fire   From the torch you were burning      Many years but many tears   And many more will soon be arriving   But I drink this final drop   To enter your front door      Gone are the days   When I poured from the rain   Where once, once marched a man   Going down life's drain      Oh, in time, time you will see   Just what you mean to me   For I have met an angel   Clip my wings      Come back young volunteer   For your war, now it is over   Lay down your blackened gun   Not another bad word spoken      Come tell of all you've seen   To the soul you're no longer killing   And rest your weary voice   The last battle song has cried      Gone are the days   When I poured from the rain   Where once, once marched a man   Going down life's drain      Oh, in time, time you will see   Just what you mean to me   For I have met an angel   Clip my wings      Oh, an angel clipped my wings   From the back of this broken dream   So they'll probably never break my fall again   For I return to sing this tune   From the back of a broken dream      Time won't hurry back, time won't stall   Time to forget the past   Brush the cobwebs from the wall   Oh, for I survived to sing this tune   From the back of a broken dream      For an angel clipped my wings   From the back of this broken dream   So they'll probably never break my fall again      For I return to sing this tune   From the back of a broken   For I return to sing this tune   From the back of a broken dream