[Chorus]
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh Lord, grant me vision
Oh Lord, grant me speed

[Verse 1]
Once I knew a young man
Went driving through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just his high-beam lights
Who'd have ever thought
They'd build such a deadly Denver bend
To be so strong, to take so long
As it would 'til the end

[Chorus]
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh Lord, grant me vision
Oh, Lord, grant me speed

[Verse 2]
Another young man safely strummed
His silver string guitar
And he played to people everywhere
Some say he was a star
But he was just a country boy
His simple songs confess
And the music he had in him
So very few possess
[Chorus]
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need (Oh)
Oh Lord, grant me vision
Oh Lord, grant me speed

[Verse 3]
Then there was an old man
Kind and wise with age
And he read me just like a book
And he never missed a page
And I loved him like my father
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would shortly come
But I did not know just when

[Chorus]
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh Lord, grant me vision
Oh Lord, grant me speed

[Outro]
Oh Lord, grant me vision
Oh Lord, grant me speed