Great expectations I have to find   I want to tell you what it was like   My recollection is not too clear   So much hope and so much fear      Long conversations into the night   Not like that, oh no, not so black and white   The great temptation's to try and please you   Play with you thought and mind and tease you      If I could tell my story in a song   I'd have to make it fast, yes it's very long   Many shades of gray between the right and wrong      Day for night, night for day   All the stories on this way   Feel the fire burn away      So turn the lights down low, come over here   Stay with me, don't go   You'll see my characters appear      The storyteller's magic doesn't lie   He'll make you laugh to make you cry   Real for me is real for you   What I say is almost true      Day for night, night for day   All the stories on its way   Feel the fire burn and play      The story's ended now you're on your own   Let's say a little prayer, go home