After All

[Verse 1]
The brooding ghosts of this dark night
Have gone from the bush and town
My spirit revives in the morning breeze
Though it died when the sun went down
The river is high and the stream is strong
And the grass is green and tall
And I fain would think this world of ours
Is a good world after all

[Verse 2]
The light of passion in dreamy eyes
The page of truth well read
The glorious thrill in a heart gone cold
Of a spirit once thought dead
The song that goes to a comrade's heart
The tear of pride let fall
My heart grows brave and the world to me
Is a grand world after all!

[Verse 3]
Let our enemies go by their old dull paths
Let theirs be fault or shame
The man who is bitter against the world
Has only himself to blame
Let the darkest side of the past be stay dark
And only good recall
For I must believe the world to be
A good world after all

[Verse 4]
Might well be I saw too plain
Or may be I was blind
But I'll keep my face to the dawning light
Though the devil stand behind
Though the devil stand behind my back
Shall I see his shadow fall
I'll read in the light of the morning stars
Good world after all

Rest, for your eyes are weary, love
You drove the worst away
The ghost of the man that I might have been
Is gone from my heart today
We'll live for life and the best it brings
Till our twilight shadows fall
My heart grows brave, and the world to me
Is a good world after all

My heart grows brave, and the world to me
Is a good world after all