Hidden memories come stealing from my mind As I feel my own heart beating out

The simple joy of living And I wonder how I ever was that kind

But the wild road I was rambling Was always out there calling

And you said a hundred times I should have died Then you reach down and touched me and lifted me up with you

So, I belived it was a road I was meant to ride

I'am like a soldier getting over the war

I'am like a young man getting over his crazy days

Like a bandit getting over his lawless ways

I don't have to do that anymore

I'm like a soldier getting over the war

There were nights I don't remember And there's pain that I've forgotten

And a lot of things I choose not to recall There are faces that come to me

In my darkest secret memory Faces that I wish would not come back at all

But in my dreams parade of lovers From the other times and places

There's not one that matters now, no matter who

I'm just thankful for the journey And that I've survived the battles

And that my spoils of victory is you

I'am like a soldier getting over the war

I'am like a young man getting over his crazy days

Like a bandit getting over his lawless ways

Every day is better than day before

I'am like a soldier getting over the war