Of What Was, Nothing Is Left (6:08)

Of What Was, Nothing Is Left

David Starr
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Songwriter, Publishing & PRO:
David Starr / David Starr Music / ASCAP
John Oates / Oates Shui Songs / BMI

This house was a home when you came along
There was rhyme there was reason, and a place I belonged
I knew just where I stood…those golden days were my own
Safe in the tall grass of the innocent seeds I had sown
Everything changed the day you crashed into my world
On a dust-devil wind, a force with intention unfurled
My Innocence shattered, my comfort and plans pushed aside
I let go of the reigns, only along for the ride

Did you came here to teach me
Did you come here to learn
Did you set me on fire
Just to watch the place burn
Now you say that it's all for the best
But of what was, nothing is left

Oh, the want of a woman, the distraction of many a man
Angel or savior or a spirit who's made other plans
You broke all the rules...and all the good hearts in your way
Maybe I shouldn’t blame you for the part you felt you had to play

Oh, the call of the wild
Of Mother and child
Nothing would stand in your way
No eye on tomorrow
Or all of the sorrow
That would follow you all of your days

What’s done is done....we can’t live in the past
To hold back the sand on this soil Is just too much to ask
The winds are relentless demanding we change
Blowing us on to our destiny no matter the pain