Allman Brothers Band - Old Before My Time lyrics

There is a long hard road follows for behind me It's so cold I'm about to die Chasing a dream around the world it's 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 hole 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 Yes I would have been much more discreet I've lived a lifetime, acting out apart It's been a long uphill climb now all the things that use to mean so much to me Has made me old before my time 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 Living like children, never doing what we are told Would not hesitate to take to take a chance That road behind me now was paved with fool's gold It's 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 makes me old before my time There is a long hard road, it lies so far behind me