Ballad of Wasted Years

I have sang with Tennessee the song of the south, I have kissed many tender lips with my crimson mouth. I have been with Politicians to the mountain top, I have crossed without doubt the red gates that writ in it, "STOP". I have danced with a cotton dress that danced in the wind, And cheated on my wife and told my conscience, "Never mind". I married two wives just to see if the love was the same, I have covered with filth and fame my precious name. Listen to he that sits down to write who has stood up to live Than he who writes but his heartfelt shot didn't give. Is wisdom found not amongst the experienced and aged? Really what shore can you learn from a bird that's caged? I have made mistakes and lived my wasted years, But this I learned, that wisdom and knowledge do not dwell on a table of fears.