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Before Everything Changed Lyrics by Eric Anderson

2003

My dreams they never fail me
They never miss the mark
Sleepin at the strangest hours
Tryin to beat the clock
If a picture’s worth a thousand words
A photograph proves that
How can you even picture love
If ya’ can’t afford to laugh
It’s changin like a roll of dice
Nothin’s really sure
Hate is spreading like disease
And there ain’t no easy cure
Below the blackened skyline
Beyond the smokin rain
Dreams never burnеd to ashes
Up until . . . until everything changеd
Until everything changed

Well, I used to be an optimist
Used to play the lottery
Now I don’t even bother
To lock the front door when I leave
My bed’s a worn out boxing ring
My life’s rundown gym
What once was Charles Bukowski
Is now Emily Dickinson
My future has moved out of town
It’s that emptiness you hear
The silent empty tower shouts
The coast was never clear
Well, I look out on the highway
Things are gettin strange
Didn’t it all seem so familiar
Before . . . before everything changed
Before everything changed

Sittin in this sad cafe
Starin in your eyes
They’re lookin good but changed to me
Lookin old and wise
Sidelined by the future
Leaves only us to blame
The future wins and soon forgets
The future don’t explain
Don’t need illumination
Don’t need no poison pen
Words can live their own life
They know exactly what they meant!
Well, I miss you more than I did before
Nothin feels the same
Didn’t we all feel vain and self-assured
Right before . . . before everything changed
Before everything changed

It’s dark and clouding over
The river’s risin fast
My baby’s love was sad and true
I knew it wouldn’t last
I heard the midnight special
Pass by an hour ago
Is there something here to get me high
A man who sunk so low
The clock ain’t turnin backwards
The sands blow at my feet
If you ever hear from the Man upstairs
I’d love to hear him speak
I’m cashing all my chips in

Too dumb to play the game
I used to plan an hour ahead
Up until . . . till everything changed
Until everything changed, until everything changed
Until everything changed

About “Before Everything Changed” by Eric Anderson

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