Frank Turner - Journey of the Magi lyrics

Moses was old, a chill in his bones
Falling apart
He knew in his heart that his time had come
As he lay in his tent in the hot desert sands
He smiled at how he would
Never see his promised land he sang
"I could have lived and
Died an Egyptian prince
I could have played safe
But in the end the journey's brought
Joys that outweigh the pain"

Now, Odysseus sat tired and alone
He'd always held out against all the
Doubts that he would come home
But now he was here, his soul felt estranged
His wife and his dog, his son and his Gods
Everything changed
He sang "I could have stayed and
Ruled as an Ithican prince
I could've played safe
But in the end the journey's brought
Joys that outweigh the pain"

Now Balthazar rode for seven long years
Eastwards and far, he followed his star
And it brought him here
To a stable in ruins in some backwater town
To a virgin defiled, no king but a child
Too small for a crown
He sang "I could have lived with
My Gods as a Persian prince
I could've played safe
But in the end the journey's brought
Joys that outweigh the pain"

Paupers and kings, princes and thieves
Singers of songs, righters of wrongs
Be what you believe
So saddle your horse and shoulder your load
Burst at the seams, be what you dream
And then take to the road