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The Pilgrim, Chapter 33
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Teresa Brewer
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See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
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Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile--
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Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
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Which he spent like they was goin' outta style--
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And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
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Searchin' for a shrine he's never found--
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Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
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Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down--
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He's a poet, he's a picker--
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He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
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He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
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He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
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Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
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He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
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And he's traded in tomorrow for today--
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Runnin' from his devils, lord, and reachin' for the stars,
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And losin' all he's loved along the way--
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But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
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And all he ever gets is older and around--
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>from the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
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The goin' up was worth the comin' down--
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He's a poet, he's a picker--
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He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
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He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
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He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
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Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
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There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.
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