Kris Kristofferson: "The Pilgrim Chapter 33"

from the 2007 Ottawa Folk Festival

see him wasted on the sidewalk
in his jacket and his jeans
wearing yesterday's misfortune like a smile
once he had a future
full of money love and dreams
which he spent like they were going out of style
and he keeps right on a-changing for the better or the worse
searching for a shrine he's never found
never knowing if believing is a blessing or a curse
or if the going up is worth the coming down