I was standin' with myself
Didn't want nobody else
At the time to tell me
What to take and what to leave
I saw an old man by the road
Carrying a sack and all he owned
In his eyes I saw
Everyone I'd ever known

Whatever road you're on
(What will be will be)
Whatever path you take
(Whatever it takes I will see)
Whatever heart you break
(In every song and every note)
Write it down
(Diamonds on each page I wrote)
Write it down (Write it down, write it down)
(Diamonds on each page)

And I remember your sweet kiss
The warm breath upon my lips
In the hot summer then
Before the first taste of autumn came
And these are times gone but not lost
There's an upside and a cost
Maybe when you think of me
Remember all that might have been

Whatever road you're on
(What will be will be)
Whatever path you take
(Whatever it takes I will see)
Whatever heart you break
(In every song every note)
Write it down
(Diamonds on each page I wrote)
Yeah

Whatever world you're in
(Whatever will be will be)
When you come back home
(Whatever it takes I will see)
Remember I loved you then
(In every song and every note)
Write it down
(Diamonds on each page I wrote)

Write it down
Yeah

Whatever road you're on
(What will be will be)
Whatever path you take
(Whatever it takes I will see)
Whatever heart you break
(In every song and every note)
Write it down
(Diamonds on each page I wrote)

Whatever road you're on
(What will be will be)
Whatever path you take
(Whatever it takes I will see)
Whatever heart you break
(In every song and every note)
Write it down
(Diamonds on each page I wrote)

Whatever road you're on
(What will be will be)
Whatever path you take
(Whatever it takes I will see)
Whatever heart you break
(In every song and every note)
Write it down
(Diamonds on each page I wrote)

Yeah
Write it down