Things Won't Always Be This Way

Sunny Saybrook shoreline summertime

And I was twenty something years old

Chasing buzzes, youthful highs, and music

No idea what the future could hold

Consequences be damned

I just want to feel good tonight with you

We got friends all around us, walking in the low tide

Shining in the moonlight, feeling stoned will get us through

Things won't always be this way

She said rolling up a smile

Things won't always be this way

She said so stay for while

Just a driveway separates me

From the drunkest wiseman I've ever known

He's always got the TV on

To tell himself that he's not really alone

In the early thirties of my life, trying to survive

Graduate and move to New York City with my friends

So we get drunk on Tuesday, sober up some on Wednesday

And by Thursday we'd be drunk once again

Things won't always be this way

He said his father told him as a child

Things won't always be this way

So let's pour ourselves a smile

Forties brought a new perspective to life

Scattered toys across the living room floor

I see our faces in our children and the life we made

Every day I love you more

I'm both scared and joyful to see them growing up

What will I do when they move on

I wish that they could be my little ones forever

My little babies daddy loves you so, so much

You say things won't always be this way

See it through the eyes of a child

Things won't always be this way

These days only last for a while