Judy Collins & Phil Ochs Follow

The Future Was Not, Not What It Used To Be

I left Decatur; hell bent to forget
Bought a ticket to SKOWHEGAN MAINE up in Seattle
So drunk and so rattled Lord I’d caught the wrong train
I caught the wrong train
I met some fast easy women and some hard drinking men
Swore I’d drown my sorrow in me
I once had a lot, but the future is not what it
Ah the years they went by I went steadily down hill til I had no place left to go
I made the missions by morning made the dives every night
Til I made a wreck of my body and soul
Then I met a lady, in time she made me
Forget, her love set me free
Ah, we didn’t have a lot but the future was not, not what it used to be
I never thought I would live to get old for the past cut a whole deep in me
But there was the chance to be here a while longer at least I wanted to be
Somebody told me that she was in town, I found out today
Lord how it hurts me to hear that she’s’ down, but what else can I say
I know her sorrow, I know her pain, and I know her need
I once loved her a lot, but the future’s just not, not what it used to be