Old Before Your Time

(album: God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise - 2010)

When I was a younger man looking for my pot of gold
Everywhere I turned the doors were closing
It took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keeping on
And still I felt like I was only losing

I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down
And I lost a few good friends along the way
I was raised up poor and I wanted more
And maybe I'm a little too proud
In looking back I see a kid who was just
Afraid, hungry and old before his time

Through the years I've known my share of broken hearted fools
And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking
There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man
Who never knew his life was his for making

Ain't it about time you realize? It's not worth keeping score
You win some, you lose some and you let it go
What's the use of stacking on every failure another stone
Till you find you've spent your whole damn life
Building walls, lonely and old before your time

It took so long to see
That truth was all around me

Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turning gold
And like the sky my soul is also turning
Turning from the past, at last and all I've left behind
Could it be that I am finally learnin'?

Learning I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart
I won't tear myself apart no more for trying
I'm tired of lying to myself, trying to buy what can't be bought
It's not living that you're doing if it feels like dyin
Cryin, growing old before your time
Cryin, growing old before your time