Now and Then

[Verse 1]
Now and then is just the difference between
Two points in time now and then
Now and then could be a lifetime ago
Or could be just today now and then
And here where we watch that river day after day
You'd think that it is never changing
But change is just the silence between why and when
That fills the space 'tween now and then

[Verse 2]
Now and then people try to write about where they're going
Or where they've been now and then
Or they write endless verse 'bout how things stay the same
To shield themselves from any kind of change
But here where the river flows both ways with the tide
You always know there's two ways to decide things
Now and then you have to put down your pen
And just live in that space 'tween now and then

[Fiddle Solo]

[Verse 3]
Now and then is not the same as 'fore and after
Or the here-after-noon of what you said
What you say and do either rings true
Or dies in the silence 'tween now and then
I hear there are those who don't know how to forgive
And cannot live but drown in that river of now and then
I love you now, I loved you then
And I'll love you in that space 'tween now and then
I'll love you in the silence 'tween now and then