Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And Probably Never Was)

歌詞

They tell me one day I'll look back and laugh at what I'm goin' through. The way I feel, I think they're telling lies. My songs all die an empty talk like buds that dry upon the stalk and ill winds come to blow them to the sky... Blow them to the sky The fire that burns just flickered now and pretty soon the coals will lose their glow She won't leave me when I'm down and I wonder how she ever gonna go Sometimes I think the only thing to do is pass the door of darkness through And then to try and tell you what I see there Every time I turn around a new parade of whirlwinds has blown down the things I thought would be there... I always thought they'd be there Joe the Reach-Out Mission man in Denver said to try and stand it one more day if you can; And come again and shook my hand and looked into my eyes So then I grit my teeth and watch another sun rise I dig your planet sometimes and from time to time it has been kind Now and then it brings to mind a sad old friend that left it once because He said things ain't what they used to be and they probably never was He said things ain't what they used to be...and they probably never was