Remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
And as we sang words
The it would set our minds on fire
We believed in things
And so we'd sing
Remember when the music
Brought us all together to stand inside the rain
And as we'd join our hands
We'd meet in the refrain
We had dreams to live
We had hopes to give
Remember when the music
Was the best of
What we dreamed of for our children's time
And as we sang we worked
For time was just a line
A gift we saved a gift the future gave
Don't you remember when the music
Was a rock that we could cling to so we'd not despair
And as we sang we knew we'd hear an echo fill the air
We'd be smiling then we would smile again
Oh all the times I've listened
And all the times I've heard
All the melodies I'm missing
And all the magic words
And all those potent voices
And the choices we had then
How I'd love to find we had
That kind of choice again
Remember when the music
Was a glow on the horizon of every newborn day
And as we sang
The sun came up to chase the dark away
And life was good for we knew we could
Remember when the music
Brought the night across the valley
As the day went down
And as we'd hum the melody
We'd be safe inside the sound
And so we'd sleep we had dreams to keep
Remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
And as we sang the words
It would set our minds on fire
We for believed in things
And so we'd sing
And so we'd sing
