This Old Road

written by K. Kristofferson Corrections welcome. INTRO: Look at that old photograph Is it really you Smiling like a baby full of dreams Smiling ain't so easy now Some are comin' true Nothing's a simple as it seems But I guess you count your blessings with the problems That you're dealing with today Like the changing of the seasons Ain't you come a long way (Ain't you come a long way) Ain't you come a long way down This old road Looking at the future Running out of time On a face you used to know Traces of a future lost In between the lines One more rainbow for the road Thinking of the faces in the window That you passed along the way Or the last thing you believed in CHORUS SOLO Say you tried to chase the sun down And you let it slip away And the holy night is falling CHORUS Look at that old photograph, is it really you