The Pilgrim Lyrics - Jerry Lee Lewis

THE PILGRIM 

WITH KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 

WRITER KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 

See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans 

Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile 

Once he had a future full of money love and dreams 

Which he spent like they was going out of style 

And he keeps right on a changin' for the better or the worse 

And searchin' for a shrine he's never found 

Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse 

Or if the going up is worth to coming down 

He's a poet he's a picker he's a prophet he's a pusher 

He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he's stoned 

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He's a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction 

Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home 

He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars 

And he's traded in tomorrow for today 

Runnin' from the devils Lord and reachin' for the stars 

And losin' all he loved along the way 

But if this world keeps right on turning for the better or the worse 

All he ever gets is older and around 

From the rocking of the cradle to the rolling of the hearse 

The going up was worth the coming down 

He's a poet he's a picker... 

There's lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home 

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