the way it was and the way it is now

it's a timely warning when you're picking at your skin

it's a telling sign when you line 'em up again

now i don't wish you trouble and i'm always kind

stay wealthy in your wonder

take time out of your mind

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

don't talk about the way it was

'cos all there is is the way it is now

oh

that's all there is

there's a sense of doom and it follows me around

i get so used to it

that it feels like a friend

now all my misdemeanours and my shameful ways

ain't nothing in the scheme of it no matter what you say

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

don't talk about the way it was

'cos all there is is the way it is now

all there is is the way it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

if you tell me how it was

i will tell you how it is now

don't talk about the way it was

'cos all there is is the way it is now