專輯:神賜恩典 (God Willin' And The Creek Don't Rise)
歌曲:Old Before Your Time
作詞:Ray LaMontagne
作曲:Ray LaMontagne
When I was a younger man
lookin' for my pot of gold
Everywhere I
turned the doors were closin'
It took every ounce of faith
I had to keep on keepin' on
And still I felt like
I was only losin'
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 lookin' 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 nothin' 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 keepin' 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 turnin' gold
And like the sky
my soul is also turnin'
Turnin' from the past,
at last and all I've
left behind
Could it be that I am
finally learnin'?
Learnin' I'm deserving of love
and the peaceful heart
I won't tear myself apart
no more for tryin'
I'm tired of lyin'
to myself,
tryin' to buy
what can't be bought
It's not livin'
that you're doin'
if it feels like dyin
Cryin,
growin' old before your time
Cryin,
growin' old before your time