Oh I'm so surprised to see me here sittin' all alone It's late and everybody's gone to their respective homes I could go home I should go home but it's so dark and still Well look at me I'm looking back oh I have been through the mill I've been through the mill oh ain't I I have been through the mill The hunter is now hunted and time moves in for the k** Oh stranger do pull up a chair and listen if you will
It's purely biographical but I have been through the mill There was a time I'd come in here and the folks would wave and smile Do you remember what's her name oh she was such a lovely child But times will change and towns will change oh you know how they will Oh look at me I'm looking back and I have been through the mill Oh look at me I'm looking back and I have been through the mill