Lyrics
I woke up runnin' Before the sun was warm Had one hand on the gas And the other on the storm I wore out shoes On a hard dirt road Never checked my face Never felt the load Now the mirror don't lie It talks so plain Gray in my beard And time in my vein I lived too fast I aged too soon Ran through the days Like a back room tune I lived too fast Missed my own life Now the years come in Like a pocketknife Missed my mama's laugh Missed my brother's call Chased cheap thrills hard Till I felt none at all Spent my pay in towns That I can't recall Left my name in dust On a bathroom wall Now the mirror don't lie It talks so plain Gray in my beard And time in my vein I lived too fast I aged too soon Ran through the days Like a back room tune I lived too fast Missed my own life Now the years come in Like a pocketknife If you see me smile It's a tired man grin I got old real loud And I still look thin So I slow it down Let the whole world turn Every scar I own Is a lesson learned I lived too fast I aged too soon Ran through the days Like a back room tune I lived too fast Missed my own life Now the years come in Like a pocketknife Yeah, the years come in And I hear them laugh I was racing shadows Now I'm walking back