作曲 : Joseph Thomas Green III
 And when I look back now, I know why she cried
 That was you, that was me, that was then 1977
 Life was sweet, it was sometimes cruel 1977

 I grew up in a family that wasn't quite right
 Mama on the couch. Daddy out all night
 I think they loved each though it seemed insane
 Caught in the middle of a losin' game
 Now, I'm not sayin' that we wasn't loved
 Daddy worked hard. Mama was a dove
 But the distance between them was just too wide
 And when I look back now, I know why she cried
 That was you, that was me, that was then 1977
 Life was sweet, it was sometimes cruel 1977
 My freshman year I was a kind-a small
 All my friends were gettin' tall
 I dressed like a clown. Acted like one too
 When I think back now it was all I could do
 My sophomore year, I found my way
 I joined my first band and we started to play
 High-school dances on a Saturday night
 Playin' Rock and Roll and feelin' right
 She was the girl next door and she drove me mad
 The first real lover, I ever had
 What was missin' back home to my surprise
 I found it in her heart it was there in her eyes
 That was you, that was me, that was then 1977
 Skies were blue and limitless then in 77
 Runnin' wild, runnin' loose, runnin' free in 77
 So many of us are gone. I hope there's a heaven

 There was Vietnam and Watergate
 USA security state
 Richard Nixon with his hand on his heart
 Lyin' through his teeth perfecting the art
 There were pissed off Arabs and angry Jews
 Jimmy Carter tried, but what's the use
 Cause dyin' is easy with god on your side
 It's livin' that's hard when you refuse to hide
 Now, I'm not sayin' it was good or bad
 All I'm sayin' is it was all we had
 Grab your friends get in your car
 If you can't be who you want you better be who you are
 That was you, that was me, that was then 1977
 Skies were blue and limitless then in 77
 Runnin' wild, runnin' loose, runnin' free 1977
 Life was sweet, it was sometimes cruel 1977
 That was you, that was me, that was then back in 77
 So many of them are gone. I hope there's a heaven
 That was you, that was me, that was then 1977
 So many of them are gone. I hope there's a heaven

 I hope there's a heaven
 I hope there's a heaven
 I hope there's a heaven
 I hope there's a heaven
 I hope there's a heaven
 I hope there's a heaven