This Old Road Song Lyrics and Chords by Kris Kristofferson
This Old Road
Written and Recorded by Kris Kristofferson
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Look at that old photograph
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is it really
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Smiling like a
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baby full of
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dreams
Smiling ain't so easy now
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some are comin'
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true
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Nothing's a simple as it
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seems
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But I guess you count your blessings with the
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problems
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That you're dealing with
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today
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Like the changing of the
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seasons
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long
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way (ain't you come a
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long
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way)
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long way
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down this old
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road
Looking at a looking glass
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running out of
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time
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On a face you used to
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know
Traces of a future lost
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in between the
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lines
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One more rainbow for the
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road
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Thinking of the faces in the
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window
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That you passed along the
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way
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Or the last thing you believed
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in
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long
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way (ain't you come a
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long
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way)
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long way
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down this old
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road
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Say you tried to chase the sun
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down
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And you let it slip
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away
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And the holy night is
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falling
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long
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way (ain't you come a
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long
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way)
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long way
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down this old
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road
Look at that old photograph
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is it really
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song This Old Road?
- The song This Old Road was sang by Kris Kristofferson.
Who is Kris Kristofferson?
- Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American retired singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing.
In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actor, he is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Lone Star (1996), Stagecoach (1986), and the Blade film trilogy (1998-2004).
