How Things Change

Copyright 2003 by David Alan Cates.  All Rights Reserved.

 

 

[VERSE 1]

 

I knew it all at twenty-one

Wild and free, just having fun

But I can’t count the roads that turned

On the way to lessons learned

Ain’t it funny how things change

 

[VERSE 2]

 

Never had much time for Dad

Wasted money I never had

Now I beg my kids to call

And I don’t spend a dime at all

Ain’t it funny how things change

 

[CHORUS]

 

Lord, ain’t it funny how things change

As the years go by

I’ve seen a lot of crazy things

Some made me laugh, some made me cry

All that was so cool, now seems so strange

Ain’t it funny how things change

 

[VERSE 3]

 

They once laughed at my long hair

Now they laugh cause nothing’s there

All the advice I never heard

Now I give it word for word

Ain’t it funny how things change

 

[BRIDGE]

 

I used to stay out all night long

I used to think I was so strong

But living fast has finally slowed me down

Daddy said one day I’d see

I’d see a change come over me

I’m sure he’d laugh if he was still around

 

 

[REPEAT CHORUS]