Lyrics

When was the last time you walked on wet grass,
Barefooted, happy and free as a bird?
When was the last time you whistled at a country lass
And she smiled at what she heard?
When was it last, that you forgot what you were doing,
And surprised yourself at your hidden joy,
When was it last that you walked a mile with a friend,
And watched the cows running to the pond mooing?
Oh when was it last, oh when was it last,
That time did not move quite so fast,
Oh tell me the last time you rushed
To the blue, fresh open sea
With the blue below and the blue above,
And told yourself, that?s where you wanna be.
Oh when was it last, oh when was it last.

Chorus: It was all so long long ago
that you?ve almost forgotten,
you?ve forgotten
to look at the sky above, the ground below,
for you live in a world of splendid, splendid terror,
you?ve forgotten where peaceful waters flow,
It was all so long long ago.

Today the winds are heavy with a strange sadness,
The clouds robbed from the womb of the skies
The moon is lost in the smoke of madness,
The sun sinks into the ocean, but never ever dies.
The unfallen lords of life have taken over,
We are slaves in a land of freedom,
Our race to the grave, gets no slower,
There are no signs of things to come.
Yet I want us to sing through the spaces between stars,
As we drown in our very last dream,
Give us a handful of the sky, as God had once made it,
It?s a faraway thought,
For things are much worse than they seem.
Life is torn and we are burning,
Our dreams are forever dissolving,
And while the wheels of life keep turning,
I am learning, forevermore learning.
Learning to cherish what I?ve been given,
Learning to dance in the January rain,
That?s what I call living
Learning,
Living,
Giving,
The tide is turning,
Giving,
Living,
Learning,
That?s what I call living.

Chorus: It was all so long long ago
that you?ve almost forgotten,
you?ve forgotten
to look at the sky above, the ground below,
for you live in a world of splendid, splendid terror,
you?ve forgotten where peaceful waters flow,
It was all so long long ago.

Ishita Rungta



Copyright 2007 Ishita and Gopal Rungta