You used to be, so understanding
You used to live with passion
You used to walk and talk for hours
About anything with anyone
You’re one to say that nothing changes
Look at how life has changed you
Oh no, don’t go,
Please don’t turn and walk away from me
Don’t change, honey
Always be the light you used to be
You used to live like there’s no tomorrow
Guess you feel safer now
Used to return all you’d borrow
Maybe you have forgotten how
You used to fight for something better
You used to dream just like me
Funny how time just makes us grayer
So full of doubt and compromise
Oh no, don’t go,
Please don’t turn and walk away from me
Don’t change, honey
Always be the light you used to be
You once believed in God and heaven
Ubiquitous entities
But now your thoughts are bound by reason
You tell yourself it just can’t be
Oh no, don’t go,
Please don’t turn and walk away from me
Don’t change, honey
Always be the light you used to be
credits
from Riverside Sessions,
released March 27, 2014
Recorded 2014 at ShieldSong Studios, Nashville, TN.
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