It Once Was My Life

There were people on the sidewalks (Sidewalks)

Strollin' down the avenues (Avenues)

They were sittin' outside in cafes (Cafes)

We were lookin' for the muse (For the muse)

Well, I was locked in by the system

Where no freedom is the rule

Now I spend all my time (All my time)

Just tryin' to make it understood (Understood)

It once was my life (Was my life)

That's what everybody said (Everybody said)

All the things I used to do (Used to do)

And the people that were friends (That were friends)

I've got to make it mean something (Ooh)

At the end of the day

It once was my life (Was my life)

They can't take that away (That away)

Trials and tribulations

And stupidity still rules

Sometimes it looks like

I'm on a ship of fools

It once was my life (Was my life)

When my message was just the street (Just the street)

Then it became something else (Something else)

And now I'm incomplete (Incomplete)

I'm just tryin' to get back to when

Can somebody please shed some light?

It used to be my life (Be my life)

It used to be uptight (Be uptight)

Used to be my life (Be my life)

It used to be uptight (Be uptight)

Trials and tribulations (Trials and tribulations)

And stupidity still rules (Still rules)

Some days it just feels like

I'm still on a ship of fools

Oh, I'm back here on the boards (On the boards)

I can hear the engines roar (Engines roar)

Everybody's got to pay you (Got to pay)

Some people got to pay more (Pay more)

Well, you can tell the people anything

Spoon feed them anything you like

It used to be so simple (Be so simple)

It used to be my life (Be my life)

Now everything's so complicated (Complicated)

Just to speak or use the phone (Use the phone)

Some people try to use me (Try to use me)

Just 'cause they don't have their own (Have their own)

Don't know who's around the corner

Tryin' to sell me some more tripe

It used to be my life (Be my life)

It used to be my life (Be my life)

It used to be my life (Be my life)

It used to be my life (Be my life)

It used to be my life (Be my life)

It used to be my life (Be my life)

Used to be my life, baby (Be my life)

You used to be my life (Be my life)

You used to be my life (Be my life)

You used to be my life (Be my life)

Ooh, ooh (Be my life)

Used to be my life (Be my life)

Ooh, ooh