A Man on a Hot Day Stood at the Crossroads

A man on a hot day
Stood at the crossroads
Questioning which way
He should go

The path of safety
He had always known
Where he tread safely
To and fro

But on this day
He was tired and weak
And the shady way
He did seek

He knew of the lion
But did not care
His instincts he'd rely on
To get him there

The first day this was true
For the lion had been full
But by the day after two
He waited with drool

Then it wasn't long
That the man was taught
The lion proved strong
And he was caught

That was the end
Of a man I knew
He'd been a friend
And a smart one too

clip art by John Olson

[Verse 1] A man on a hot day Stood at the crossroads Questioning which way He should go The path of safety He had always known Where he tread safely To and fro [Chorus] At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? [Verse 2] But on this day He was tired and weak And the shady way He did seek He knew of the lion But did not care His instincts he'd rely on To get him there [Chorus] At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? [Bridge] The first day this was true For the lion had been full But by the day after two He waited with drool Then it wasn't long That the man was taught The lion proved strong And he was caught [Final Chorus] At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? [Outro] That was the end Of a man I knew He'd been a friend And a smart one too