"Back to Before" is a song by Marin Mazzie, Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical, released in 1998 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:24 long and contains 47 lines and 246 words.
Lyrics
0:11There was a time
0:14Our happiness seemed never ending
0:19I was so sure
0:21That where we were heading was right
0:25Life was a road
0:27So certain and straight and unbending
0:33Our little road
0:34With never a cross road in sight
0:39Back in the days
0:41When we spoke in civilized voices
0:46Women in white
0:48And sturdy young men at the oar
0:53Back in the days
0:55When I let you make all my choices
1:02We can never go back to before
1:13There was a time
1:15My feet were so solidly planted
1:20You'd sail away
1:21While I turned my back to the sea
1:26I was content
1:28A princess asleep and enchanted
1:32If I had dreams
1:34Then I let you dream them for me
1:39Back in the days
1:40When everything seemed so much clearer
1:45Women in white
1:47Who knew what their lives held in store
1:51Where are they now
1:53Those women who stared from the mirror
1:59We can never go back to before
2:11There are people out there
2:14Unafraid of revealing
2:18That they might have a feeling
2:22Or they might have been wrong
2:26There are people out there
2:30Unafraid to feel sorrow
2:34Unafraid of tomorrow
2:38Unafraid to be weak
2:43Unafraid to be strong
2:49There was a time
2:51When you were the person in motion
2:55I was your wife
2:57It never occurred to want more
3:03You were my sky
3:06My moon and my stars and my ocean
3:15We can never go back to before
3:24We can never go back to before
There was a time Our happiness seemed never ending I was so sure That where we were heading was right Life was a road So certain and straight and unbending Our little road With never a cross road in sight Back in the days When we spoke in civilized voices Women in white And sturdy young men at the oar Back in the days When I let you make all my choices We can never go back to before There was a time My feet were so solidly planted You'd sail away While I turned my back to the sea I was content A princess asleep and enchanted If I had dreams Then I let you dream them for me Back in the days When everything seemed so much clearer Women in white Who knew what their lives held in store Where are they now Those women who stared from the mirror We can never go back to before There are people out there Unafraid of revealing That they might have a feeling Or they might have been wrong There are people out there Unafraid to feel sorrow Unafraid of tomorrow Unafraid to be weak Unafraid to be strong There was a time When you were the person in motion I was your wife It never occurred to want more You were my sky My moon and my stars and my ocean We can never go back to before We can never go back to before
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