Once I stood in the night with my head bowed low   In the darkness as black as the sea   And my heart was afraid and I cried oh Lord don't hide your face from me   Hold my hand all the way every hour every day from here to the great unknown   Take my hand let me stand where no one stands alone   [ guitar ]   Like a king I may live in a palace so tall with great riches to call my own   But I don't know a thing in this whole wide world that's worse than being alone   Hold my hand all the way...