The Way We Used To Be

THE WAY WE USED TO BE

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017

DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE TIMES WE USED TO HAVE
SO MANY YEARS AGO
WE OWNED THE NIGHT ALONE
CLOAKED IN A CURTAIN OF MAGIC
WE COULD DO NO WRONG
EVERYWHERE WE WENT WE GOT ALONG 
BLACK AND WHITE TO COLOR, ROCKETS TO THE MOON
PEACE AND LOVE AND VIETNAM 

NO BOUNDARIES TO HOLD US
WE SCATTERED ON THE WINDS
TO FIND THE MEANINGS, TO WALK INTO SUNSETS
TO BE FREE
I USED TO WONDER WHERE YOU WERE 
HOPED THAT YOU WERE OKAY
THEN PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND
A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS COMING AT ME
DISCOVERING EACH ONE TAKES TIME

SWEPT UP BY LIFE, HANGING ON
SOMETIMES ONLY BY A THREAD
WE'VE ALL HAD DAYS WE DREAD 
IT COULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT 
WE'VE ALL HAD DAYS THAT WERE BRILLIANT
FROM START TO END
I MISS THE WAY WE USED TO BE 
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU
HOPE IT WAS GOOD

THIS WORLD, THESE WORDS, THESE TIMES
MAY NOT BE IDEAL
BUT THEIR ALL WE'VE GOT 
WHAT OF THE TIME THAT GOT BETWEEN US
FORTUNES WON AND LOST
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE YOU AGAIN
I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU STANDING HERE
A LOVELY VISION REACHING HIGH TO THE SUNS GOLDEN GLOW
THE GAP BETWEEN THE THINGS I HEARD AND THE THINGS I KNOW

BACK TO THE BEGINNING TO START AGAIN
HOW ABOUT YOU MY FRIEND
I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO SAY
TIME DIDN'T DROP YOU HERE WITHOUT A REASON
WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART, WHAT'S IN YOUR MIND
LAY IT ON THE LINE