Tony Joe White - I Believe I've Lost My Way lyrics

Had to keep on till a line went empty Had to keep on till it came on wide Keep on burnin' when the fire was dying Till I burn it down... I been a lookin' on the dark side I don't know what I've thought I could find Now there's a stranger in the mirror Lookin' back at me, he says it's a payback time I could drift away so easy to that old familiar place But it's a high price to pay I've ran out of excuses and it's hard to face But I believe I've lost my way I wouldn't cut out to be alone But I keep findin' myself alone I wear the silence like an overcoat And the nightmare lingers on I had a dream about a sister who lived alone since gone away I reached out and touched her face Then she burr to read in silence and she began to pray And I knew I'd lost my way