Back When We Were Beautiful - 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, yeah

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’ve 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, yeah

But I guess you had to be there