Lyrics for The Way It Was Back Then by Dave Stewart from the The Way It Was Back Then

I want to hear that sound,
Of you knocking on my door.
And I want to know, yes, I wonder,
If you’d ever come back for more?

Because it’s been such a long time,
And you know that I love you,
Singing songs all night long,
Down on Randolph Avenue.

So, don’t you hide,
You’ve got to take it all in your stride,
‘Cause nothing’s gonna work out the way it did back then,

Well, I’ve been listening and watching every move you make,
And it seems to me, you work so hard, that you never could take a break,

Well, that’s true for me,
It’s just the way it has to be,
When you’re lost out on a reef of sorrow,
And there’s nothing out in front of you but the wide open sea,

But, I won’t hide,
I’m gonna take it all in my stride,
I know nothing’s gonna work out,
The way it did back then,

So, don’t you cry,
Look me the eye,
And say, nothing’s gonna work out the way it did back then.