The Future Is Not What It Used To Be - Ronnie Milsap

作词：Mickey Newbury

作曲：Mickey Newbury

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

I once had a lot but the future is not

Not what it used to be

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

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 now 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

'Cos I want to love you a lot but the future is not

Not what it used to be