Matraca Berg
Back When We Were Beautiful



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I guess you had to be there, she said, you had to be
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She handed me a yellowed photograph and then said, see

This was my greatest love,
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My one and only love and this is  me
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Back when we were beautiful beautiful, see
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I don't feel very different, she said, I know it's strange
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I guess I've gotten used to these little aches and pains

But I still love to dance,
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You know we used to dance the night away
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Back when we were beautiful  beautiful  yeah
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I hate it when they say I'm aging gracefully
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I fight it every day, I guess they never see
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I don't like this at all, what's happening to me
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To me
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But I really love my grandkids, she said, they're sweet to hold
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They would've have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told
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You know, sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act like we were
old
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Back when we were beautiful, beautiful, yeah
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But I guess you had to be there