Oldest Story In The World

Album: Everywhere At Once (1983)
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  • Yeah, It makes perfect sense
    Seeing how the seeds were sown
    To find you out there on your own
    You said your goodbyes
    And broke all the ties
    It struck me dumb to think I tried for you

    Tonight you can feel the season changing
    You'll never change
    Well, you're no better than the weather
    Your cool
    But there's rain in your heart
    You blown like a feather

    And that's the oldest story in the world
    You lost the key to paradise
    That's the oldest story in the world

    Did we have it made?
    Somehow I thought we could remain
    If nothing lasts, no one's to blame
    And you can't look back
    To where you got off the track
    That's a mystery that we'll never crack

    It's just the oldest story in the world
    Lost the key to paradise
    That's the oldest story in the world
    Today we gotta set it right
    And that's the oldest story in the world
    You'll hear it again and again
    That's the oldest story in the world yeah

    Somehow I thought we could remain
    If nothing lasts, no one's to blame
    And you can't look back
    To where you got off the track
    That's a mystery that we'll never crack

    And that's the oldest story in the world
    Lost your key to paradise
    That's the oldest story in the world
    Someday we gotta set it right
    That's the oldest story in the world
    Just like a rolling stone
    That's the oldest story
    That's the oldest story
    Now you can't go home
    That's the oldest story in the world yeah
    But I don't want to leave
    But it's time to go
    Well, well, I just don't know
    And that's the oldest story in the world
    Yeah! Writer/s: PETER CASE
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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