[Verse 1]
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
For we believed in things, and so we'd sing

[Verse 2]
Remember when the music
Brought us all together to stand inside the rain
And as we joined our hands we'd meet in the refrain
For we had dreams to live, we had hopes to give

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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, and we would smile again

[Bridge]
Oh, all the times I listened and all the times I heard
All the melodies I'm missing and all the magic words
And all the potent voices and the choices we had then
How I'd love to find we had that kind of choice again
[Verse 5]
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

[Verse 6]
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, for we had dreams to keep

[Verse 1]
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
For we believed in things, and so we'd sing
And so we'd sing