The Man He Used to Be Songtext

von Jerry Jeff Walker

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In dem Songtext "The Man He Used to Be" von Jerry Jeff Walker geht es um die Veränderungen, die ein Mensch im Laufe sein...

Ron Davies and Jeff Silbar

So that's where my head was at, in a book and a funky hat
On the road with Kerouac, searching for the truth
Sometimes I'm amazed, looking back at a certain phase
Wet my thumb and I turn the page, oh, what was I trying to prove?

[Chorus]
I just shake my head and I laugh, at a faded photograph
Of a total stranger staring back at me
Now there's no man stranger to himself,
Than the man he used to be

There's a closet full of worn out boots, skeletons and three-piece suits
A million hats and attitudes and very few regrets
And here I stand in faded jeans, an old t-shirt that don't say a thing
And who knows what tomorrow brings, it ain't over yet

[Chorus]

No some folks get me confused, with someone they once knew
I know the guy they're referring to, but he ain't been round for years

[Chorus]

I can see it in the eyes, it was a whole other life
Now there's no man stranger to himself
No man stranger to himself, than the man he used to be