Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song It Once Was My Life , by - Van Morrison. Release date: 26.06.2008
Song language: English
It Once Was My Life |
| There were people on the sidewalks |
| Strolling down the avenues |
| They were sitting outside in cafes |
| We were looking for the muse |
| Well I was locked in by the system |
| Where no freedom is the rule |
| Now I spend all my time just trying |
| To make it understood |
| It once was my life, that’s what everybody said |
| All the things I used to do and the people that were friends |
| I’ve got to make it mean something at the end of the day |
| It once was my life, they can’t take that away |
| Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules |
| Sometimes it looks like I’m on a ship of fools |
| It once was my life, when my message was just the street |
| Then it became something else, and now it’s incomplete |
| I’m just trying to get back to when |
| Can somebody please shed some light |
| It used to be my life, it used to be uptight |
| Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules |
| Some days it just feels like I’m on a ship of fools |
| I’m back here on the boards, I can hear the engines roar |
| Everybody’s got to pay, some people got to pay more |
| Well you can tell the people anything |
| Spoon feed them anything you like |
| It used to be so simple, it used to be my life |
| Now everything is so complicated, just to speak or use the phone |
| Some people try to use me, just 'cause they don’t have their own |
| Don’t know who’s round the corner, trying to sell me some more tripe |
| It used to be my life, it used to be my life… |