The Future Ain't What It Used to Be (Radio Edit)

The Future Ain't What it Used to Be
Words & Music by Billy White, Jr.

Verse 1
Saw an old movie the other night on AMC TV
Was all about what everyone thought the future was gonna be
They had people riding in flying cars and living on the moon
When I saw the date I had to laugh, it said 1982

Verse 2
All the people there lived and worked in glittering cities of gold
And they had all these special pills so no one ever got old
Then I thought to myself how a man can dream and none of it come true
The future ain't what it used to be but I guess it'll have to do

Chorus 1
'Cause they're still riding horses in the Rodeo and driving old pickups too
Folks are still working out on a farm, loving the living they do
I ain't seen no flying cars or colonies on the moon
The future ain't what it used to be but I guess it'll have to do

Guitar Solo

Verse 3
Then I sat and I thought what would it be like fifty years from now
Would all the things that movie showed be coming true somehow
Well I don't think there’s one best way to plan life out that far
Things will be what they’re gonna be and people who they are

Chorus 2
They'll be still riding horses in the Rodeo and driving old pickups too
Folks’ll be working out on a farm, loving the living they do
I ain't seen no flying cars or colonies on the moon
The future ain't what it used to be but I guess it'll have to do

Tag
I said the future ain’t what it used to be, but I guess it’ll have to do
Oh, won’t you ride ‘em boy!

© 1993 Billy White, Jr. – Hoopie Music BMI