I might just change my mind   Sometimes you can never tell   Where a story will unwind   How deep is the shallow ground      Sometimes you would never guess   Who's all talk and who just might   Find a way or lose themselves   On the king's highway tonight      I am just like many more   Who lie in bed, still and numb   Waking up and I can see   Just how dark it has become      Who knows no better angels now   Who knows none but earthly light   Who is waiting for a stranger   On the king's highway tonight      It wasn't how I had it planned   When it finally came around   I took a man with my own hands   But I held him close when he went down      He hadn't time to be afraid   His look was only of surprise   Staring up from where he lay   On the king's highway tonight      I took the little that he had   Only as an afterthought   He wouldn't have to feel so bad   To think I killed him just because      He was passing through this town   Only 'cause he looked about right   He stopped when I flagged him down   On the king's highway tonight      I might just change my mind   Sometimes you can never tell