The Man He Used To Be Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

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? 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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