there is a long hard road follows for behind me its so cold i m about to die chasing a dream around the world its got me feeling down though it use to make me high looking for answers searching for the truth in an ocean of lies trying to find a reason to make the whole thing right will make you old before your time when i was younger i thought i ruled the world it was an oyster at my feet dancing to my own drum fishing out the pearl wish i would have been much more discreet i ve lived a lifetime acting out apart its been a long uphill climb now all the things that use to mean so much to me has made me old before my time chorus wondering aimlessly wondering down would it ever be much different now remind me of the past i slip into a dream funny things ain t never what they seem solo living like children never doing what we are told would not hesitate to take a chance that road behind me now was paved with fool s gold its almost time for the victory dance no more feeling guilty for things i never did feeling nothing for my crime living like a gypsy dreaming like a kid it s made me old before my time there is a long hard road it lies so far behind me