The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

I left Decatur helping to forget her

Bought a ticket to Skowhegan, Maine

I wound up in Seattle too drunk and too rattled

To know that I caught the wrong train.



I met some fast easy women and some hard drinking men

Trying to drown the sorrow in me

Aah I once had a lot but the future is not

Not what it used to be.



Aah the years they went by and I went steadily down

Til I had no place to go

Made the soup lines by morning and the dives every night

Wrecking my body and soul.



And then I met a lady and in time she made me forget

Yes her love set me free

Aah we ain't got a lot but the future is not

Not what it used to be.



Oh I never thought I could live to get over

For the past cut a hole deep in me

But there's a chance I'll be here a while longer

At least now I wanna be.



Somebody told me that you were in town

I found out today

And you know that I'm sorry to hear that you're down

But what can I say.



That I know your sorrow and I know your pain

Don't you know I know your need

I used to love you a lot but the furture is not

Not what it used to be...