Remember When The Music - Harry Chapin

Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire

And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire

For we believed in things, and so we’d sing

Remember when the music

Brought us all together to stand inside the rain

And as we’d join our hands, we’d meet in the refrain

For we had dreams to live, we had hopes to give

Remember when the music

Was the best of what we dreamed of for our children’s time

And as we sang we worked, for time was just a line

It was a gift we saved, a gift the future gave

Remember when the music

Was a rock that we could cling to so we’d not despair

And as we sang we knew we’d hear an echo fill the air

We’d be smiling then, we would smile again

Oh all the times I’ve listened, and all the times I’ve heard

All the melodies I’m missing, and all the magic words

And all those potent voices, and the choices we had then

How I’d love to find we had that kind of choice again

Remember when the music

Was a glow on the horizon of every newborn day

And as we sang, the sun came up to chase the dark away

And life was good, for we knew we could

Remember when the music

Brought the night across the valley as the day went down

And as we’d hum the melody, we’d be safe inside the sound

And so we’d sleep, we had dreams to keep

And I feel that something’s coming, and it’s not just in the wind

It’s more than just tomorrow, it’s more than where we’ve been

It offers me a promise, it’s telling me «Begin»

I know we’re needing something worth believing in

Remember when the music

Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire

And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire

For we believed in things, and so we’d sing