I Just Drove By (Live)

I always go the other way

But my car drove me down today

To a little house on the older side of town

And back when things were never hard

I used to play there in that yard

And I just drove by to see if things had changed

Cokes were just a nickel then

And across the street at the Five and Ten

A lot of things are cheap and square and strange

And the life we had might have been

But it was one that we loved believing in

So I just drove by to see if things had changed

I wonder now if love is still the way it was back then

And I need to know that life is still a place worth living in

Well, there it is, just like it was

A house where there was always love

And I just drove by to see if things had changed

In a world that's seen its better days

It's good to know some things remain the same

Though standing still is not time's way

And take to heart while in its spring

That love is just a fragile thing

And I just drove by to see if things had changed

Oh, I just drove by to see if things had changed

So sweet and simple

Such is country music, that's what I love about it