A Long Time Ago - David Ford

Clouds on the moon

It was a hollywood sky

I sat on the wall, 'til your parents drove by

And i walked to you door

And remember how you smiled

Well that was a long time ago

Your fault or mine

It’s such a tough one to call

Do you one day look up to see your innocence fall

From a twelve storey window, to the concrete below

It was all such a long time ago

Now your path and mine

They never seem to converge

And now sat here in god-knows-where with a mouthful of words

Well they just sound like noises

If you say them enough

It was all such a long time ago

Now was it though?

In some underground saloon

Where you can always get a drink

There’s a girl by the cigarette machine

And i think i’ll strike up a conversation

But i wouldn’t know how

Doesn’t seem such a good idea now…

With the clouds on the moon

Another hollywood sky

It’s time i dragged myself home and to wonder just why

I still think of you know

Only as you were then

It was all such a long time ago

Now was it though?