[Intro – soft acoustic, light steel]
Funny how it comes back to you…
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[Verse 1]
I remember when the days felt long
Didn’t need much, just a radio song
Windows down on a two-lane road
Nowhere special, just goin’ slow
You’d lean your head on my shoulder then
Talkin’ ‘bout where we might’ve been
Didn’t think ‘bout time back then
Just let it roll, just lived in it
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[Hook]
Back then, it was easy
Didn’t know what we had
Didn’t think about leavin’
Didn’t dwell on the past
Now I look back and see it
All the little things we were
Yeah, life’s got a way of changin’
But it don’t change what it meant
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[Verse 2]
I remember when the nights stayed up
Laughin’ ‘bout nothin’, that was enough
Every plan was a “we’ll see”
Every moment felt like it’d keep
Somewhere along we grew up fast
Started thinkin’ more ‘bout the past
But every now and then I find
That same old feelin’ cross my mind
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[Hook]
Back then, it was easy
Didn’t know what we had
Didn’t think about leavin’
Didn’t dwell on the past
Now I look back and see it
All the little things we were
Yeah, life’s got a way of changin’
But it don’t change what it meant
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[Steel Guitar Solo – warm, reflective, 8–12 bars]
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[Verse 3 – present perspective]
Now the days move a little quicker on
Still catch myself hummin’ those songs
Still see you in a memory or two
In the way the sky turns blue
Ain’t tryin’ to go back again
Just glad I got to live it then
Some things fade, some things stay
And some just find their way
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[Final Hook – fuller, warm]
Back then, it was easy
Didn’t know what we had
Didn’t think about leavin’
Didn’t dwell on the past
Now I look back and feel it
All the simple things we were
Yeah, life’s got a way of changin’
But it don’t change what it meant
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[Outro – soft, fading]
Funny how it comes back to you…
Right when you need it to