Van Morrison - It Once Was My Life текст песни

There were people on the sidewalks

Strolling down the avenues

They were sitting outside in cafes

We were looking for the muse

Well I was locked in by the system

Where no freedom is the rule

Now I spend all my time just trying

To make it understood

It once was my life, thats what everybody said

All the things I used to do and the people that were friends

Ive got to make it mean something at the end of the day

It once was my life, they cant take that away

Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules

Sometimes it looks like Im on a ship of fools

It once was my life, when my message was just the street

Then it became something else, and now its incomplete

Im just trying to get back to when

Can somebody please shed some light

It used to be my life, it used to be uptight

Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules

Some days it just feels like Im on a ship of fools

Im back here on the boards, I can hear the engines roar

Everybodys got to pay, some people got to pay more

Well you can tell the people anything

Spoon feed them anything you like

It used to be so simple, it used to be my life

Now everything is so complicated, just to speak or use the phone

Some people try to use me, just cause they dont have their own

Dont know whos round the corner, trying to sell me some more tripe

It used to be my life, it used to be my life.....