Where You're Going

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
 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
 With nothing really left to lose, you see the last door on the right?
 Sir, that door used to be mine"
 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
 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
 Oh yeah, it's not where you been, no, it's not where you've been
 It's where you're going
 It's where you're going, it's where you're going