Back When We Were Beautiful Lyrics

Matraca Berg Back When We Were Beautiful written by Matraca Berg
Kris Wilkinson viola
Tammy Rogers viola
Craig Nelson bass
Reese Wynans piano
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I guess you had to be there, she said, you had to be
She handed me a yellowed photograph and then said, see
This was my greatest love,
My one and only love and this is me
Back when we were beautiful beautiful, see
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I don't feel very different, she said, I know it's strange
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I guess I've gotten used to these little aches and pains
But I still love to dance,
You know we used to dance the night away
Back when we were beautiful beautiful yeah
I hate it when they say I'm aging gracefully
I fight it every day, I guess they never see
I don't like this at all, what's happening to me
To me
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But I really love my grandkids, she said, they're sweet to hold
They would've have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told
You know, sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act like we were
old
Back when we were beautiful, beautiful, yeah
But I guess you had to be there
From Matraca Berg "Sunday Morning To Saturday Night"
Rising Star Records 1997
1995 August Wind Music, Longitude Music Co., Great Broad Music Co.,
Admin. by Longitude Music Co., BMI