Mystery Man Is Me

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