Marshall Crenshaw

There And Back Again

Marshall Crenshaw


There and back again 
Didn't know what I was walkin' into 
But when the feeling hit, to follow it, 
was all that I could do 
Now that I've thought it through 
Here alone at the journey's end 
I'd gladly go again, take it from one who's been 
There and back again 
She was wild and I was restless 
And our love was true 
We were young and time was endless 
Everything was new 
Driving fast and running breathless 
(It) blew my heart away 
When I first saw her face 
On that long, long gone day 
There and back again 
Goin' where we didn't dare before 
Too much wasn't enough of each other's love 
Oh that's for sure 
I was just waitin' around 
Killing time with all my dead beat friends 
That's what I did back then 
That was before I'd been 
There and back again 
She said we should find a highway 
Any one would do 
And we did not, say goodbye to 
Anyone we knew 
Hotels and auto graveyards 
Under the bright blue sky 
On the move, all the time 
The midday sun 
Made us high 
There and back again 
Goin' where we didn't dare before 
Too much wasn't enough of each other's love 
Yeah that's for sure 
I was just waitin' around 
Killing time with all my dead beat friends 
That's what I did back then 
That was before I'd been 
There and back again 
It lasted 'till it ended 
That's how it goes 
Sometimes things are just over 
Everybody knows 
Time has made us into strangers 
She's lost to me now 
But now and then when lights are low 
She comes to mind, and I go 
There and back again 
Didn't know what I was walkin' into 
But when the feeling hit, to follow it, 
was all that I could do 
Now that I've thought it through 
Here alone at the journey's end 
I'd gladly go again, take it from one who's been 
There and back again 
There and back again...