How It Used To Be - The Vanns

I wonder how you are I wonder if you think of me And when I'm all alone I think of how things used to be I'm stuck here writing songs I wonder if they're helping me The moments when you're gone To me, they feel like eternity The way you make me feel make you feel so significant You got me writing, I'm out here searching for synonyms The feelings that I got for you, cannot get rid of them What you gon' say, I'm gon trust it, don't need no evidence When I be feeling so sick, you be like my medicine The way we got our connection, it feels so effortless The way we talking, we always talking so intimate And that's the reason I know our love is innocent I been wondering I been thinking Are you thinking of me? I wonder how you are I wonder if you think of me And when I'm all alone I think of how things used to be I'm stuck here writing songs I wonder if they're helping me The moments when you're gone To me, they feel like eternity Tell me what you need, you know I got it right now I'ma treat you right, yeah I would never treat you wrong Girl, I know you always love to listen to my songs I know what you love, I know exactly what you want You got my love, don't worry girl, yeah you got my love Ain't none that you gon' ever have to worry about I got your trust girl, I would never break it Ever since I laid my eyes on you, I've been taken I been wondering I been thinking Are you thinking of me? I wonder how you are I wonder if you think of me And when I'm all alone I think of how things used to be I'm stuck here writing songs I wonder if they're helping me The moments when you're gone To me, they feel like eternity

Lonely table just for one In a bright and crowded room While the music has begun I drink to memories in the gloom Though the music's still the same It has a bitter sweet refrain So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She would hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be Friends stop by and say hello (Huh!) And I laugh and hide the pain It's quite easy 'til they go Then the song begins again So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She will hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be

I'm here, you're there Come closer, tonight I'm lonely Come here with me I want it the way it used to be What is left of love? Tell me, who would even care? So much time has passed I'd still meet you anywhere Water under bridge Evening after day What is left of love Here that didn't drift away? I can remember days of sun We knew our lives had just begun We could do anything, we're fearless when we're young Under the moon, address unknown I can remember nights in Rome I thought that love would last, a promise set in stone I'd survive with only memories If I could change the way I feel But I want more than only memories A human touch to make them real Another day, another dream Over the bridge an empty scene We'd spend the weekend lost in bed and float upstream I don't know why we moved away Lost in the here and now we strayed Into a New York zone, our promise was betrayed I was there, caught on Tenth Avenue You elsewhere with Culver City blues Then and there I knew that I'd lost you What is left of love? Tell me, who will even care? So much time has passed I'd still meet you anywhere Water under bridge Evening after day What is left of love Here that didn't drift away? Don't give me all your northern pain Don't sell me New York in the rain Let's leave our promises behind Rewind and try again What remains in time that didn't fade away? Sometimes I need to see The way it used to be

They say that I'm the kind of man who always speaks his mind To me there's nothing stronger than the truth You can ask me almost anything and I'll tell you like it is But darling when they ask me about you I tell it like it used to be when you were still in love with me Before you got to used to me and wanted someone new I tell it like it ought to be 'cause how it is, is killing me When they ask about you and me, I tell it like it used to be I wish that I was stronger, I could tell them that you've gone But that's one thing that I may never do If they want to hear about our love and how it all went wrong Then darling they will just have to talk to you I tell it like it used to be when you were still in love with me Before you got to used to me and wanted someone new I tell it like it ought to be 'cause how it is, is killing me When they ask about you and me, I tell it like it used to be I tell it like it used to be when you were still in love with me Before you got to used to me and wanted someone new I tell it like it ought to be 'cause how it is, is killing me When they ask about you and me, I tell it like it used to be

I know it's been a while Though we never truly talked about it More just harboured our thoughts and shouted Ah Did we go outta style Weren't you gonna be my wife and proud of it Now I just accept my life as how it is Ah And it's been harder than usual lately And I ain't saying that's your fault What would that make me? Ok, I'm gonna say it I think you're looking at it the wrong way We said we were never changing for anyone And though it's been a while I still see you as a kind of royalty I still feel a strange kind of loyalty to ya When it all went south, I went with it Straight from your mouth and straight into my visions I took what I felt on I've crossed the Rubicon Ok, I'm gonna say it I think you're looking at it the wrong way We said we were never changing for anyone Ever Ever And it's been harder than usual lately And yeah, I'm saying that's your fault What does that make me? Ok, I'm gonna say it I think you're looking at it the wrong way We said we were never changing for anyone Ever Well, go on and say it If you think I'm going 'bout it the wrong way We said we were never changing for anyone Ever

Cold silence, feeling old whilst I'm still young, too late to have fun Go break down the walls, break down the walls of what seems good enough Don't miss the opportunity, don't miss the opportunity before it's gone Called up and broken down, we cry alone in this empty town, we sit in silence, I can't fight it Could sing and dance like we wanted too, I'll sing and dance, I'll sing and dance for you Don't miss the opportunity, don't miss the opportunity before it's gone Go kicking down the door, face first on the floor Stay for me, stay for you, another good man gone too soon Fix me up and let me go, I'm taking off ain't coming home So stay, I'll stay, I'll stay for you Cold silence, feeling old whilst I'm still young, too late to have fun Go break down the walls, break down the walls of what seems good enough Don't miss the opportunity, don't miss the opportunity before it's gone Go kicking down the door, face first on the floor Stay for me, stay for you, another good man taken too soon Fix me up and let me go, I'm taking off ain't coming home So stay, I'll stay, I'll stay for you