HOW DOES IT LOOK THERE TODAY
DOES THE LIGHT STILL GET IN
THE WAY IT USED TO WHEN WE WERE THERE
THROUGH THE CURTAINS WE HAD AND WE
ARE WE STILL THOSE RESTLESS KIDS
RUNNING BLINDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT
LIKE THE SUNBEAMS THROUGH THE LEAVES
IN THE SUMMER HEAT
THERE WITH YOU
IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY TIME
SO BEAUTIFUL AND STRANGE
I KNEW WHAT HAPPINESS COULD MEAN
WITH YOU
IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY TIME
I KNEW IT ALL ALONG
AND EVERY MINUTE AND EVERY SECOND
DID WE TAKE THE WHOLE OF US
WHEN WE LEFT OR DID WE LEAVE
THE BEST BEHIND SO ARE WE NOW
LESS OURSELVES THAN WE WERE
DO YOU STILL REMEMBER THE SONGS
WE USED TO SING THERE ALONG
THEY WERE ABOUT THE LIFE WE LEAD
OH WHAT A TIME
THERE WITH YOU…
SINCE THEN MY LIFE’S BEEN AN EMPTY JAR
I THOUGHT I’D NEVER BE HAPPY THIS WAY
SINCE THEN I’VE CREPT AND SO MANY TIMES
I SAID I’D NEVER FALL IN LOVE ONCE AGAIN
WAS I RIGHT OR DID I LIE
OH SURE I DID BUT WITH YOU
IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY TIME
credits
from The Inside Laws,
track released March 1, 2009
Words by Gregory Peltier
Music by Gregory Peltier and Olivier Stula
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