Lyrics Back to Before - Marin Mazzie , David Loud
There
was
a
time
our
happiness
seemed
never-ending
I
was
so
sure
that
where
we
were
heading
was
right
Life
was
a
road
so
certain
and
straight
and
unbending
Our
little
road
with
never
a
crossroad
in
sight
Back
in
the
days
when
we
spoke
in
civilized
voices
Women
in
white
and
sturdy
young
men
at
the
oar
Back
in
the
days
when
I
let
you
make
all
my
choices
We
can
never
go
back
to
before
There
was
a
time
my
feet
were
so
solidly
planted
You'd
sail
away
while
I'd
turn
my
back
to
the
sea
I
was
content,
a
princess
asleep
and
enchanted
If
I
had
dreams
then
I
let
you
dream
them
for
me
Back
in
the
days
when
everything
seemed
so
much
clearer
Women
in
white
who
knew
what
their
lives
had
in
store
Where
are
they
now?
Those
women
who
stared
in
the
mirror?
We
can
never
go
back
to
before!
There
are
people
out
there
unafraid
of
revealing
That
they
might
have
a
feeling
or
they
might
have
been
wrong!
There
are
people
out
there
unafraid
to
feel
sorrow,
Unafraid
of
tomorrow,
Unafraid
to
be
weak,
Unafraid
to
be
strong!
There
was
a
time
when
you
were
the
person
in
motion
I
was
your
wife
which
never
occurred
to
was
more
You
were
my
sky
my
moon
and
my
stars
and
my
ocean...
We
can
never
go
back
to
before!
We
can
never
go
back
to
before!
1 Prologue: Ragtime
2 Goodbye, My Love
3 Journey On
4 The Crime of the Century
5 Gettin' Ready Rag
6 Your Daddy's Son
7 New Music
8 Wheels of a Dream (from "Ragtime")
9 The Night that Goldman Spoke at Union Square
10 Till We Reach That Day
11 Coalhouse Demands
12 What a Game
13 Our Children
14 He Wanted to Say
15 Back to Before
16 Make Them Hear You
17 Epilogue: Ragtime (reprise)/Wheels of a Dream (reprise)
Attention! Feel free to leave feedback.