There Was A Time

TERE WAS A TIME
There was a time when imagination ruled.
There was a time for innocence and play.
There was a time parents read you stories.
There was a time when the world was kept at bay.

There was a time for climbing trees and branches.
There was a time you saw magic in the sky.
There was a time for fireflies and fairies.
There was a time you loved to watch the clouds drift by.
And there was a time when back yards turned to school yards.
There was a time they gauged you by your grades.
There was a time you learned to seek possessions
There was a time when your world became a stage.

There was a time that seemed so fast and fleeting.
There was a time that caught you unawares.
There was a time that seemed to last forever,
Yet it quivered and it withered in the wind. D D/F D/E D

There was a time … you questioned every answer.
There was a time … rebellion ruled your days.
There was a time … you thought you’d live forever.
There was a time you stepped into the maze.

And there was a time you sought solace in a lover.
There was a time … illusions turned to stone.
There was a time for deadlines and commitments.
There was a time you lost the child inside you’d known.
There was a time that seemed so fast and fleeting.
There was a time that caught you unawares.
There was a time that seemed to last forever,
Yet it quivered and it withered in the wind.

There’ll come a time you’ll yearn to be much younger.
You will feel your childhood calling,
There’ll come a time you’ll hunger for the past.
Thirsting for sweet, wistful memories,
There’ll come a time … your dreams grow worn with age.
Youthful dreams, eyes full of wonder,
There’ll come a time you’ll see that promised hand to clasp.
With a promised hand to clasp.

There was a time that seemed so fast and fleeting.
There was a time that caught you unawares.
There was a time that seemed to last forever,
Yet it quivered and it withered in the wind.
Yet it quivered and it withered in the wind.
There was a time.
There was a time.
There was a time.