There was a time, that time is gone
There was always something right there to do
Now, are nowhere to be found
Leave it all behind
And all the crutches you've kept around
You spent your whole life in this county, you've never been out of state
You say you're gonna make it out before it's too late
You could put it out your mind
Except to earn your name, a place on a barstool
We keep moving on that's what it's all about
There was a time
Leave it all behind
There was a time, that time is gone
Leave it all behind
There was a time when nothing seemed to make much sense
There was a time
Remember when you didn't have to look ahead or behind you
So tell me, fifty years in this town, what's done for you?
There was a time
Torn between the unknown and the place that you call home
And the life you want but have never known
You could put it out your mind
You could put it out your mind
When you find you can't somehow make it like all the rest
You won't need to scrounge around for someone else
There was a time, that time is gone
Now, that's turned more intense
But now it's life in some kind of trap, looking for a way out
Songwriters: Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Publisher: FEEDHORN SONGS