Ragtime movie - Back to Before lyrics

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MOTHER<br>

There was a time<br>

Our happiness seemed never-ending<br>

I was so sure<br>

That where we were heading was right<br>

Life was a road<br>

So certain and straight and unbending<br>

Our little road<br>

With never a cross road in sight<br>

Back in the days<br>

When we spoke in civilized voices<br>

Women in white<br>

And sturdy young men at the oar<br>

Back in the days<br>

When I let you make all my choices...<br>

We can never go back to before <br>

There was a time<br>

My feet were so solidly planted<br>

You'd sail away<br>

While I turned my back to the sea<br>

I was content,<br>

A princess asleep and enchanted<br>

If I had dreams<br>

Then I let you dream them for me<br>

Back in the days<br>

When everything seemed so much clearer<br>

Women in white<br>

Who knew what their lives held in store<br>

Where are they now,<br>

Those women who stared from the mirror?<br>

We can never go back to before. <br>

There are people out there<br>

Unafraid of revealing<br>

That they might have a feeling<br>

Or they might have been wrong<br>

There are people out there<br>

Unafraid to feel sorrow<br>

Unafraid of tomorrow<br>

Unafraid to be weak..<br>

Unafraid to be strong!<br>

There was a time<br>

When you were the person in motion<br>

I was your wife,<br>

It never occurred to want more<br>

You were my sky<br>

My moon and my stars and my ocean<br>

We can never go back to before<br>

We can never go back to before<br>

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[Thanks to Yehuda Alexander for lyrics]<br>

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