The Way It Was

[Verse 1]
This place doesn't feel the same anymore
Can't trace how or why it seems to change
But it seems it's changed
Like an old friend that I used to know so well
But I've been gone so long
That there's so much we can't tell

[Chorus]
Oh, the skyline, the street signs
Oh, fading away the further I drive
Oh, I can't help but realize
I can never go back to the way it was
I can never go back to the way it was

[Verse 2]
And I walk the streets that used to hold my life
And everything I see is just a picture in my mind
Of all that's behind me, that haunts, that reminds me
Of the beauty and the pain of what's gone

[Chorus]
Oh, the skyline, the street signs
Oh, fading away the further I drive
Oh, I can't help but realize
I can never go back to the way it was
I can never go back to the way it was

[Post-Chorus]
The way it was, the way it was
The way it was, the way it was
The way it was, the way it was
The way it was

[Bridge]
It's a long road now and there's no turning back
You ought to know that, know that
It's a long road now and there's no turning back
You ought to know that, know that

[Outro]
I can never go back to the way it was
I can never go back to the way it was