I wrote this song after singing with Pete Seeger.
The second verse is a story of his, and so, too, is the sentiment.
Of course, I agree.

When you read a book you read it line by line
The story comes to life as the tale unwinds
And you make a guess how the ending goes
But you turn the page ‘cause you don’t know

You don’t know if it will come out right
You are afraid it won’t but still you think it might
So you turn the page and hope the good guys win
But you don’t know how the story ends

Water swirled over a young girl’s head
They watched in horror as if she were dead
She went under and left no doubt
‘Till two hands reached in and they pulled her out

You don’t know if it will come out right
You are afraid it won’t but still you think it might
So you turn the page and hope the good guys win
But you don’t know how the story ends

When I was young and people asked of me
I had no answer to what I’d be
Now I have watched all this time go by
And still I stumble when I reply

‘Cause I don’t know if it will come out right
I’m afraid it won’t but still I think it might
So I turn the page and do the best I can
But I don’t know how the story ends

The world turns ‘round day by day
Darkness leads our dreams astray
Some say they know and they place their bets
But the ending isn’t written yet

We don’t know if it will come out right
We’re afraid it won’t but we think it might
So we turn the page and do the best we can
But we don’t know how the story ends

So we turn the page and do the best we can
But we don’t know how the story ends

© Bill Harley, all rights reserved. Reprints with permission only.