When I was in college my class went on a trip to a place down the road where the county kept delinquent kids
An old man with a badge said to the class "And here we have all kinds of trash"
I could not believe what I just heard, at first I wasn't gonna say a word

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It's not where you been, it's where you're going It's not who you were back then, it's who you are at this moment
Kinda like looking at an old photograph, remembering way back when
It's not where you been, it's where you're going

I said "Excuse me, sir I know you won't remember me But try to imagine how I looked when I'd just turned 15
Defiant, scared, and confused, dirty clothes and tattoos, nothing really left to lose
You see the last door on the right? Sir that door used to be mine"

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It's not where you been, it's where you're going It's not who were back then, it's who you are at this moment
Kinda like looking at an old photograph, remembering way back when
It's not where you been, it's where you're going

We all have a story we can tell Some's been lost, some hurt, some of us have been through hell
Well the past is a ghost, a door that's been closed, the start of a winding road
And I know without a doubt, that doesn't matter now, cause

[Chorus:]

It's not where you been, it's where you're going It's not who you were back then, it's who you are at this moment
Kinda like looking at an old photograph, remembering way back when
It's not where you been, it's where you're going

It's where you're going
It's where you're going
Where you're going
Where you're going
Oh yeah
Where you're going