Things Ain't the Way They Used to Be Lyrics

Let's pack it up and move along

To another town and another song

About the way things used to be

All dressed up in empathy

Let's pick it up where we left off

That last album wasn't good enough

And things ain't the way they used to be

They're all dressed up in apathy

Things ain't the way they used to be

This modern life is killin' me

Things ain't the way they used to be

The road's the only home I'll ever see

Hey, get down off your burnin' cross

You're lookin' found yet lost

But, have you ever known the cost

Of weeping willows whispering tenderly

Hey, get down off your high horse

We'll pack it up and move along

And let not the weeping be too long

Just let the sea sing it's song

Things ain't the way they used to be

Yesterday has been and gone you see

Things ain't the way they used to be

The modern age is killin' me

Things ain't the way they used to be

And it may be tough to let that be

Let's all stand on the river and see

Let the water rush - let it comfort me

Let's pack it up and move along

And let the sea just sing it's song

'Cause things ain't the way they used to be

And the road's the only home I'll ever see

And I'm stickin' round

'Til the sun sets East

Things ain't the way they used to be, yeah