Billy Strings - This Old World lyrics

Well there's nothing worse than feelin' like you're first in line for losin' I thought my life was cruisin' then it crumbled all away Well I had a lot to give, but what I gave should be forgotten Unnoticed like a stranger, I'll surrender for the day Well this night was an illusion, it came down like an intrusion I stay up through the night, though I can't stand it sinkin' low I'm a witness to the fight, between the darkness and the light You're a mean old world, I'm leavin' though I have no place to go You're a mean old world, I'm leavin' though I have no place to go This old world took me for a ride I lost everything I had and then my pride So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go This old world, she took me for a ride I was raised when I saw ugliness, to try to make some beauty Found purpose in the beauty when I couldn't find the shore What beauty couldn't lift just simply floated on adrift Or on and on directionless and lost forevermore Well it goes from bad to worse sometimes before it can get better I'll string some words together and just try to speak the truth I have a lot to get, I hope my lot will be forgiven Well pardon me for living, for the time I'm here with you Pardon me for living, for the time I'm here with you This old world took me for a ride I lost everything I had and then my pride So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go This old world, she took me for a ride When I lay my body down, I'd like to feel the dirt beneath me And a howlin' wind can sheath me, and I'll finally be set free For a moment you could yawn, and throw my things into a pile Well my dawn is finally here, and yours might come in just awhile My dawn is finally here, and yours might come in just awhile This old world took me for a ride I lost everything I had and then my pride So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go This old world, she took me for a ride This old world took me for a ride I lost everything I had and then my pride So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go This old world, she took me for a ride This old world, she took me for a ride