"Pathway Of My Life" lyrics - HANK THOMPSON

As I was walking down the Jacksonville street
I met a young a young bearded boy with sandals on his feet
I smiled and I asked him how you doin' son
And he said "What's it to ya man? I'm nobody's son"

It ain't my world and it ain't my time
My songs won't sing and my words won't rhyme
It ain't my day and it ain't my way
I turned around and he was gone
Suddenly I find he has left behind
A portion of his mind on the pathway of my life

I heard a woman cry oh how can this be
My son is in the distant land protecting you and me
Why did I suffer childbirth just to throw it all away
My son don't even know you but he may die for you today

It ain't my world and it ain't my time...

I ran into a man all withered and old
He smiled up at me with a mouth full of gold
And I smiled and I asked him how you doin' old man
Well I'm going about as well as an old man can

It ain't my world and it ain't my time...