From the recording Now To Then
Now To Then
(One from the Dark Side... in a happy little tune.
Inspired by the fact that the older you get, the faster time goes by. It's an accelerating curve...)
Scott Youngberg - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Jason Poff - Bass, Electric Guitar
Produced and Mixed by Jason Poff
Lyrics
Now To Then © 2011 Scott Youngberg
Through the eyes of youth I knew it was the truth
If this was as good as it got, (well,) that’s OK
When things got rough what we had was enough
And that’s how it would stay
When the times got good I never understood
That it wouldn’t always be that way
*Chorus Time keeps moving on
Now is now the past
Every Now becoming Then
Faster than the last
Everyday I see
Less time in front of me
I howled at the Moon but settled too soon
(Now) Each passing year I’m disappearing
I want my hunger back for the time I’ve still got
Don’t get a “Do Over” or another shot
(Still don’t know what I want to be…)
How can this be? Complacency?
At 43, I can see (the end of)
My immortality
*Chorus
The World’s not what I was taught it should be
What I was told, wasn’t reality
The prices of the vices keep adding on
To the cost of life, but then they’re gone
If I have to believe all the stories I’m told
Guess I better grow up, before I grow old
*Chorus
Don’t really have the blues
With no retirement to lose
I’ll keep wearing out my shoes
Until I can’t walk.