Theres no fool like an old fool

A song by Billy Joe Shaver. A man I am beginning to admire more and more. As he states in the following article,

Songwriting is "a hobby with me and it's also the cheapest psychiatrist there is," he says. "I'm able to recall things, so I never run out. I've always been able to write."

What do you think of this story? Does yours have some of the same tire tracks dug in his dirt road? What happens when you lose everything you have lived for? Or those things are taken away?
We may not all agree with everyones life choices, but the words put out to ponder sometimes make us sit down and find a shape in the clouds.