Jack Conte - The Way It Was Before lyrics

Sixteen candles on birthday cake Don't blow 'em out, let em burn all the way Gotta learn 'bout your fate 'Cos we're all gonna melt someday Hear it when I crunch the leaves on the ground Imagine it's me, once green soon brown And the wind will howl but I won't make no sound After we pa** through this circus After they have swept the floor It'll all go back to the way it was before I keep myself distracted with the mirror pen I store the words on paper instead of my head It's like a cold gla** of milk When me and my stomach ache are stuck in bed What if all the crazies are really sane and They see something that the rest of us can't And we'll never feel the pain Of having to fade away After we pa** through this circus After they have swept the floor It'll all go back to the way it was before I'm fine being by myself Not wasting wishes on women When I'm throwing pennies in the well I'm fine being by myself I still got my tongue, don't I? And a story to tell After we pa** through this circus After they have swept the floor It'll all go back to the way it was before Yes after we pa** through this circus After they have swept the floor It'll all go back to the way it was before It'll all go back to the way it was before It'll all go black like the way it was before It'll all go back to the way it was before