Times Were When

TIMES WERE WHEN

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017

TIMES WERE WHEN DREAMS MEANT SOMETHING

I REMEMBER WHEN YOU COULD TAKE SOMEONE AT THEIR WORD

AND NOW THAT CONCEPT SEEMS SO ABSURD

SAD BUT TRUE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO

TIMES WERE WHEN  YOU COULD COUNT ON LOVE AND LOYALTY

WHERE HAVE THOSE TIMES AND THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE GONE 

GENERATION OF DEGENERATION

TIMES WERE WHEN THERE WAS LESS CONTROL

WE HAD IDEAS OF OUR OWN

WE PUSHED BACK WHEN SOMEONE SHOVED

WE STOOD OUR GROUND WHEN WE KNEW WE WERE RIGHT

TIMES WERE WHEN FORTUNES FLOWED

LIKE RIVERS TO THE SEA, WHATEVER WE WANTED TO BE

NOW THOSE TIMES SEEM SO FARAWAY FROM HERE

THE DREAM IS ALL BUT GONE, BUT I'M STILL HOLDING ON

MAYBE THERE'S A CHANCE THESE THINGS WILL PASS THIS WAY AGAIN 

TIMES WERE WHEN LOVE FLOWED ALL AROUND ME

GOLDEN FIELDS LYING IN THE SUN 

THAT'S WHERE WE'D RUN TO

FINGERS LOCKED TOGETHER, A GENTLE KISS

YOUR EYES WOULD TELL ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW 

TIMES WERE, THEN I LET YOU GO

INSIDE MY REGRETS I FIND YOU THERE

LOOKING BACK AT ME

I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES THEN HAVE TO GO

TIMES WERE WHEN WE RODE THE FOUR WINDS

WE WERE BOLD AND FREE

THEN TIME GETS A HOLD OF US AND SHAKES US LOOSE

LEAVING HAS BECOME THE NORM

LEFT ALONE IN THE STORM

THINK ABOUT THIS TOO MUCH ,AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TO BE SAD

TIMES WERE WHEN COMFORT WAS NEVER FARAWAY

TIMES WERE WHEN EVERYBODY WANTED IN

 NOW THEY LOOK AWAY