[00:24.81]Though Adam was a friend of mine,
[00:28.15]I did not know him well
[00:30.98]He was alone into his distance
[00:34.46]He was deep into his well
[00:39.48]I could guess what he was laughing at,
[00:42.89]But I couldn't really tell
[00:46.30]Now the story's told that Adam jumped,
[00:49.76]But I've been thinking that he fell
[00:58.65]Together we went traveling,
[01:01.87]As we received the call
[01:04.77]His destination India,
[01:08.38]And I had none at all
[01:13.00]Well, I still remember laughing
[01:16.42]With our backs against the wall
[01:19.73]So free of fear, we never thought
[01:23.53]That one of us might fall
[01:27.99]I sit before my only candle,
[01:33.92]But it's so little light to find my way
[01:39.95]Now this story unfolds before my candle
[01:47.12]Which is shorter every hour
[01:49.98]As it reaches for the day
[01:54.10]But I feel just like a candle in the way
[01:59.76]I guess I'll get there, but
[02:03.98]I wouldn't say for sure
[02:21.69]When we parted we were laughing still,
[02:25.00]As our goodbyes were said
[02:27.91]And I never heard from him again
[02:31.47]As each our lives we led
[02:36.45]Except for once in someone else's
[02:40.06]Letter that I read
[02:43.37]Until I heard the sudden word
[02:46.73]That a friend of mine was dead
[02:52.01]I sit before my only candle,
[02:57.89]Like a pilgrim sits beside the way
[03:03.56]Now this journey appears before my candle
[03:10.33]As a song that's growing fainter
[03:14.14]The harder that I play
[03:17.16]But I fear before I end I'll fade away
[03:22.57]But I guess I'll get there,
[03:26.98]Though I wouldn't say for sure
[03:44.55]Though Adam was a friend of mine,
[03:47.61]I did not know him long
[03:50.82]And when I stood myself beside him,
[03:54.23]I never though I was as strong
[03:59.30]Still it seems he stopped his singing
[04:02.62]In the middle of his song
[04:05.78]Well I'm not the one to say I know,
[04:09.50]But I'm hoping he was wrong
[04:14.17]I'm holding out my only candle,
[04:20.18]Though it's so little light to find my way
[04:26.49]Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
[04:33.66]And it's shorter every hour
[04:36.87]As it reaches for the day
[04:40.18]Yes, I feel just like a candle in the way
[04:45.90]I hope I'll get there,
[04:50.21]But I never pray