Way It Was

Walking past a construction sign And in the midst of feeling fine I recalled that things are always changing We can't seem to let it be We're manifest anxiety And we work hard to keep on rearranging As I shuffled through the old wood door And smelled the beer from the night before All dried and sticky just lying there on the ground I sat down in the corner chair Heard some stories in the air Shared a glass of company with them people hanging round There were Hobos and sinners Hillbillies too Bankers and lawyers in their fine business suits There were hippies riding horses And a knife wielding man Long in the face With pennies in a can Walking down the avenue It may not look like much to you But I don't mind the way it's always been It might just be a corner dive But folks in here are living life And one day we'll be looking back my friend Talking bout the way it was back then Up came rolling a long black car Men with big ol cookie jars And alligator leather on the armrest They found my favorite bar in town They bellied up And they tore it down Had themselves a drink and called it progress Built themselves a country club For high-rise types that live above And look down on the people far below Blood was in the water now They called the neighbors Got em out And told them it was just the way it goes All those Hobos and sinners Hillbillies too Bankers and lawyers in their fine business suits All those hippies riding horses The knife wielding man Long in the face With pennies in a can Walking down the avenue It may not look like much to you But I don't mind the way it's always been It might just be a corner dive But folks in here are living life And one day we'll be looking back my friend Talking bout the way it was back then Walking down that avenue It may have not been much to you But I didn't mind the way it'd always been It might have been a corner dive But folks in there were living life And suddenly we're looking back my friend Talking bout the way it was back then Talking bout the way it was back then Talking bout the way it was back then Talking bout the way it was back then