When you find you can't somehow

Make it like all the rest

You won't need to scrounge

Around for someone else



Torn between the unknown

And the place that you call home

And the life you want

But have never known



There was a time

You could put it out of your mind

Leave it all behind

There was a time

That time is gone



What has a life of fifty years

In this town done for you

Except to earn your name

Place on a barstool



You spent your whole life in this county

You've never been out of state

You say, you're gonna

Make it out before it's too late



There was a time

You could put it out of your mind

Leave it all behind

There was a time

That time is gone



There was a time when nothing seemed

To make much sense

That's turned more intense

And all the crutches you've kept around

Now are nowhere to be found



Remember when you didn't have

To look ahead or behind you

There was always something

Right there to do



But now it's life in some kind

Of trap looking for a way out

Well, you keep moving on

That's what it's all about



There was a time

You could put it out of your mind

Leave it all behind

There was a time

That time is gone