Mystery Man Is Me Lyrics

I was walking home just the other day

And the old man on the side of the road had something to say

He said son watch your step

Or you'll end up like me on the side of the road

Blistered and burnt

Now I said back to man listen to me

I'm on a path of my own can't you see

I'm watching my step with my own two eyes

Well, a man like you, I'm sure you tell no lies

He's out of view now from what I can see

The ghost of him seems to be following me

With every step I take, he takes one

It seems the battles he's fought, he's not won

He's falling behind now almost out of sight

This race we found ourselves in didn't seem right

He lost himself on his own path

Now he was on my trail lost in his past

I round the corner and find myself alone

This road of mine ain't taking me home

Home for me is under the tree, by the pond

I knew wherever I ventured it wouldn't take long, to be home

The glisten of the water I can see up ahead

With a big crabapple tree where I can rest my head

I'm finally home ma now can't you see

Where you considered home for me I did not feel free

On the road here from sun up to sun down

I throw my sorrows and worries out

and let em drown

It's a quarter to 2:00 and the sun's beaming hot

Right over my dead body in the old man's spot