Last night I had a desperate dream
I was standing in the winter rain
Footsteps close behind me 
Somebody called out my name, oh

No magic mirrors can erase
These lines of living on my face
Lessons learned and last, oh, oh

Take this life into my own hands
Make this world into my own land
Take this life I'll take my stand 
Take this world into my own hands
Take this life into my own hands
I'll take my stand

I was walking in the summer sun
Thinking that my life had just begun
How wrong could I be, oh, oh

Take this life into my own hands
Make this world into my own land
Take this life I'll take my stand 
Take this world in my own hands
Take this life into my own hands
Take this world, I'll take my stand
Take this life into my own hands
Take this world, I'll take my stand

Take this life into my own hands
Make this world into my own land
Take this life I'll take my stand 
Take this world in my own hands
Take this life into my own hands
Take this world into my own hands
Take this life, I'll take my stand
Take this world into my own hands