Back When We Were Beautiful Lyrics by Matraca Berg

Back When We Were Beautiful Lyrics

    (matraca berg)

    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, see

    I don't feel very different, she said, i know it's strange
    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, yes

    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

    But i really love my grandkids, she said, they're sweet to hold
    They would 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, yes

    But i guess you had to be there...

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