Old Before Your Time

When I was a younger man lookin' for my pot of goldEverywhere I turned the doors were closinIt took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' onAnd still I felt like I was only losinI refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me downAnd I lost a few good friends along the wayI was raised up poor and I wanted moreAnd maybe I'm a little too proudIn lookin' back I see a kid who was justAfraid, hungry and old before his timeThrough the years I've known my share of broken hearted foolsAnd those who couldn't choose a path worth takingThere's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a manWho never knew his life was his for makingAin't it about time you realize? It's not worth keepin' scoreYou win some, you lose some and you let it goWhat's the use of stacking on every failure another stoneTill you find you've spent your whole damn lifeBuilding walls, lonely and old before your timeIt took so long to seeThat truth was all around meNow the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' goldAnd like the sky my soul is also turninTurnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behindCould it be that I am finally learnin'?Learnin' I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heartI won't tear myself apart no more for tryinI'm tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be boughtIt's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyinCryin, growin' old before your timeCryin, growin' old before your time