There is a long hard road   That follows far behind me   It’s so cold I’m about to die   Chasing a dream around the world   That’s got me feeling down   Though it used to make me high   Lookin’ for answers   Searchin’ for the truth   In an ocean of lies   Tryin’ to find a reason   To make the whole thing rhyme   Can make you old before your time      When I was younger   I thought I’d rule the world   It was oyster at my feet   Dancin’ to my own drum   Fishin’ out the pearl   Yes I would have been much more discreet      I lived a lifetime   Actin’ out a part   It’s been a long uphill climb   Now all the things that used to mean so much to me   Have made me old before my time      Wanderin’ aimlessly, I’m   Wanderin’ about   Would it ever be much different now?      Remind me of a past,   I slipped into a dream,   If only things ain’t never what they seem      (bridge)      Living like children,   Never doing what we are told.   Would not hesitate to take a chance   That road behind me now,       Is paved with fools gold   It’s almost time for the victory dance   No more feeling guilty   Bout the things I never did   Feelin’ nothing for my crimes   Living like a gypsy   Dreaming like a kid   Has made me old before my time      There is a long hard road   That winds so far behind me