It Once Was My Life Lyrics - The Healing Game - Van Morrison

There were people on the sidewalks 

Strolling down the avenues 

They were sitting outside in cafes 

We were looking for the muse 

Well, I was locked in by the system 

Where no freedom is the rule 

Now, I spend all my time just trying 

To make it understood 

"It once was my life", that? s what everybody said 

All the things I used to do and the people that we're friends 

I? ve got to make it mean something at the end of the day 

It once was my life, they can? t take that away 

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Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules 

Sometimes, it looks like I? m on a ship of fools 

It once was my life when my message was just the street 

Then it became something else and now it? s incomplete 

I? m just trying to get back to when, can somebody please shed some light? 

It used to be my life, it used to be uptight 

Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules 

Some days it just feels like I? m on a ship of fools 

I? m back here on the boards, I can hear the engines roar 

Everybody? s got to pay, some people got to pay more 

Well, you can tell the people anything, spoon feed them anything you like 

It used to be so simple, it used to be my life 

Now everything is so complicated, just to speak or use the phone 

Some people try to use me, just? cause they don? t have their own 

Don? t know who? s round the corner, trying to sell me some more tripe 

It used to be my life, it used to be my life