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Jacqueline 06:16 pm UTC 01/25/10 |
| In reply to: | NJC: There's No Time Like the Past - Vin 03:42 am UTC 01/23/10 |
| Love the disappointment captured in the lyrics. Truly a great job!! xxx Jacqueline...a big Vin fan > I posted the first chorus to this a while back, when we > were throwing out ideas for "Steinmanesque" song titles. > JD asked me then if there was any more to it. There > wasn't. Now there is. > > > There’s No Time Like the Past > > Boy: > > Do you remember the time? > Our very first time. > God, it seems so far away. > And do you remember that time > It was all I could do > To keep myself from backhanding you? > Of course you do > It was only yesterday > > Back then, back then > > Back then we may as well have been immortal > Those days we really thought we knew it all > In pride we thought our stars aligned forever > Too young to know its pride that always goes before a > fall > > There’s no time like the past > For you and I to part > There’s no time like the past > To go our separate ways > If we could have called it quits back then > We would have salvaged both our hearts > But now the present’s wrapped around us > And we’ve overplayed our parts > And the future holds no promise save declining numbered > days > > Girl: > > Do you remember those nights > After basketball games? > So young, so restless, so… > First I was cheering, then moaning your name > These days I just curse it > Nasty and violent, the neighbors have heard it > I’m sure you’ll recall > It was just a week ago > > Back then, back then > > Back then we thought our lives were writ in starlight > That fairy tale lovers read of us in awe > We guessed our nights of love and lust were endless > Now those kisses haunt like wishes made upon a monkey’s > paw > > There’s no time like the past > To nip us in the bud > There’s no time like the past > To break us quick and clean > If we’d only had the sense back then > We could have saved sweat, tears and blood > But the only sound our hearts make now > Is the proverbial sickening thud > And I pray that I can slip beneath the police tape at the > scene. > > Both: > > If only we weren’t so far removed > From a saving second thought > What good is all we had before > When it leads to what we’ve got? > > Maybe we just delayed the crash > The day that our paths crossed. > What value are those wondrous times > When you tally up the cost? > > They say the thrill is in the journey > So go on, give the wheel a spin. > But who could choose to play this game > Knowing just how hard it ends? > > There’s no time like the past > For you and I to part > There’s no time like the past > To go our separate ways > If we could have called it quits back then > We would have salvaged both our hearts > But now the present’s wrapped around us > And we’ve overplayed our parts > And the future holds no promise save declining numbered > days > > > > > > > | |
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