Now and Then

|_ _ _ |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |   I think this time   You've said enough to make me want to leave this place   Still I keep coming back for more of the same To fan the dying flame Here inside these walls that seem to move a little closer every day     There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end   Let us just pretend a while   Think about the good things now and then                             I think this time   That was the best time that we two had ever known   We tried the handle of the house upon the shore Found the open door Once inside we found a curious moonbeam doing dances on the floor  We were only playing like two children who had stayed away from school Two of us could not be wrong   Heaven knows who keeps the golden rule                             I think this time   We've learned enough to know that nothing is the same   But still the pounding of my heart hasn't changed And leaving's so strange Here among my thoughts of you I find a gentle longing to be free   There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end    But take away the in-between   Think about the good things now and then                            We will see the day when you or I will stay or face up to the end   Let us just pretend awhile   And think about the good things now and then