Once I rose above the

noise and confusion

Just to get a glimpse

beyond this illusion

I was soaring ever higher

Then I flew too high

Though my eyes could see

I still was a blind man

Though my mind could think

I still was a mad man

I hear the voices when I'm dreaming

I can hear them say

Carry on my wayward son

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Don't you cry no more

Masquerading as a man with a reason

My charade is the event of the season

And if I claim to be a wise man

It surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion

Tossed about I'm like

a ship on the ocean

I set a course for winds of fortune

But I hear the voices say

Carry on my wayward son

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Don't you cry no more

(Ah ha, ah ha, ah ha)

No more, no more (Ah ha, ah ha, ah ha)

Don't you cry no more

(Ah ha, ah ha, ah ha)

Now your life's no longer empty

But surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Don't you cry no more