The Way It Was

Like the scene of a movie

When I think about us

Drove to the lake when it was rainy

And sang along to „Call Me Maybe“

Playing cards in the kitchen

I know you let me win

Twinning outfits on the daily

Guess our parents thought we’re crazy

You used to take the train here every fall

Now it’s like you never call

Why can’t it be the way it’s always been

I used to read your letters on the floor

But I don’t know you anymore

Why can’t it be the way it’s always been

(Just the way it was)

Making plans for when we’re older

We would move to the same city

And we’d live house to house

And spent the nights out

And life would be pretty

Too bad it didn’t work out

But I still got it in the back of my head

Guess it’s true what they said

That friends grow apart

God it makes me damn sad

You used to take the train here every fall

Now it’s like you never call

Why can’t it be the way it’s always been

(Just the way it was)

I used to read your letters on the floor

But I don’t know you anymore

Why can’t it be the way it’s always been

(Just the way it was)

Ooh-ooh, just the way it was

Ooh-ooh-ooh, just the way it was

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Now I’m typing all these messages

That I’ll never get to send

Wish I could write you a long letter

Like I used to as a kid

It would say how much I miss you (I miss you)

And how much I want you here

Cause no matter the distance

I can still feel your presence

In the summer air

You used to take the train here every fall

Now it’s like you never call

Why can’t it be the way it’s always been

(Just the way it was)

I used to read your letters on the floor

But I don’t know you anymore

Why can’t it be the way it’s always been

Now I’m typing all these messages

That I’ll never get to send

Wish I could write you a long letter

Like I used to as a kid

It would say how much I miss you (I miss you)

And how much I want you here

Cause no matter the distance

I can still feel your presence

In the summer air