USED TO BE
(John McCutcheon)

Words & music by John McCutcheon & Steve Seskin

John: vocal & guitar
Jon: piano
JT: bass
Pete: electric guitar
Jos: drums

Used to be
I could work from dawn to dusk
The man who get the job done every time
Used to be
I lived out on the edge
I took a lot of chances, that was fine
Now a days
I can't do that anymore
I get scared and I get sore
Life ain't nothing like it was before

I don't wanna go back in time
When I look at this life of mine
I'm thankful for every single day
The past can do a number on you
But I've come to believe it's true
That my best years are still ahead of me
And there's no future in how it used to be

Used to be
There was no night too long
We were two young lovers hungry for the dark
You and me
We built a world together
And there were times the whole thing almost fell apart
Now a days
That seems so long ago
We take things kind of slow
It's a different kind of love we've come to know

I don't wanna go back in time
When I look at this love I find
I am thankful for every single day
Forgive me if I speak for you
But I think you believe it too
That best years are still ahead for you and me
And there's no future in how it used to be

©2002 John McCutcheon/Appalsongs (ASCAP) & Steve Seskin/ Larga Vista Music/ Scarlet Rain Music ( ASCAP)
Charlottesville, VA February 2002

On The Greatest Story Never Told (McCutcheon

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