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The Way It Used To Be Lyrics
I'm here
You're there
Come closer
Tonight I'm lonely
Come here
With me
I want it
The way it used to be
What is left of love?
Tell me, who will even care?
So much time has passed
I'd still meet you anywhere
Water under bridge
Evening after day
What is left of love
Here that didn't drift away?
I can remember days of sun
We knew our lives had just begun
We could do anything
We're fearless when we're young
Under the moon, address unknown
I can remember nights in Rome
I thought that love would last
A promise set in stone
I'd survive with only memories
If I could change the way I feel
But I want more than only memories
A human touch to make them real
Another day, another dream
Over the bridge an empty scene
We'd spend the weekend lost in bed
And float upstream
I don't know why we moved away
Lost in the here and now we stray
Into a New York zone
No promise was betrayed
I was there, caught on Tenth Avenue
You elsewhere with Culver City blues
Then and there I knew that I'd lost you
I was there, calling to start anew
You elsewhere, we'd caught the city blues
Then and there I knew that I'd lost you
What is left of love?
Tell me, who will even care?
So much time has passed
I'd still meet you anywhere
Water under bridge
Evening after day
What is left of love
Here that didn't drift away?
Don't give me all your love and pain
Don't sell me New York in the rain
Let's leave our promises behind
Rewind and try again
What remains in time
That didn't fade away?
Sometimes I need to see
The way it used to be
You're there
Come closer
Tonight I'm lonely
With me
I want it
The way it used to be
Tell me, who will even care?
So much time has passed
I'd still meet you anywhere
Evening after day
What is left of love
Here that didn't drift away?
We knew our lives had just begun
We could do anything
We're fearless when we're young
I can remember nights in Rome
I thought that love would last
A promise set in stone
If I could change the way I feel
But I want more than only memories
A human touch to make them real
Over the bridge an empty scene
We'd spend the weekend lost in bed
And float upstream
Lost in the here and now we stray
Into a New York zone
No promise was betrayed
You elsewhere with Culver City blues
Then and there I knew that I'd lost you
You elsewhere, we'd caught the city blues
Then and there I knew that I'd lost you
Tell me, who will even care?
So much time has passed
I'd still meet you anywhere
Evening after day
What is left of love
Here that didn't drift away?
Don't sell me New York in the rain
Let's leave our promises behind
Rewind and try again
That didn't fade away?
Sometimes I need to see
The way it used to be
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Submitted by
young_jables On Apr 06, 2009
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Two lovers that were in a long distance relationship a long time ago. One is lonely in New York City while the other is across the U.S. in Los Angeles (Culver City). The person in New York still longs for the other – thinking about the good times they had together and yet after all this time still has strong feelings. There is thought about letting it just go and leave it in the past, (water under the bridge) but perhaps should investigate if there is still something there, something left. Then nostalgia creeps in, due to person's memories which has helped keep sane throughout the years has therefore brought that action should be taken. As of result, thus, one would attempt and arrange to meet the other anywhere if permitted. Sort of to say that I'd drop whatever is going on in my life just to meet with you again. Forget the past, let's start again, everything shiny and new. Although noting that will never happen again because what remains in time may not have faded away but instead stuck in the depths of the person's memories.