The Mother & Her Wish – I Won't Be This Way Again (feat. Tara B Gray, Kasano Mwanza, Mike Macagnone & C. E. Simon)

I was driving toward tomorrow
And away from yesterday
On a road so seldom traveled
I came upon a lake
And how it glistened in the sunlight
As if finally awake
I tried to listen, take it all in
Before the night embraced the day

I wish I knew then, what I know now
That this would be the only time
I would leave it all behind
I would never again see
The sunset on that lake
Or the rippling of the waves
It's time to go; I know
I won't be this way again

In a shop around for decades
With an owner twice as old
I got lost in dusty trinkets
And the souvenirs she sold
I bought this tiny ballerina
So I could put her on my dash
And when I look into her eyes
I can see into the past

I wish I knew then, what I know now
That this would be the only time
I would leave it all behind
I would never again see
The lady in her chair
With that flowing silver hair
It's time to go; I know
I won't be this way again

Uncertainty surrounds us
Trapped inside our heads
Our thoughts will try to drown us
If someone only found us
Maybe we wouldn't feel so small
Just look around, just look around
The writing's on the wall
No, you can't have it all

It's time to go (It's time to go)
I won't be this way again
It's time to go (It's time to go)
I won't be this way again (I won't be this way again)
It's time to go (It's time to go)
I won't be this way again

I remember being little
I was maybe only five
My mom, she gave me paint and brushes
Told me, "Go on, play outside"
As she watched me from the window
I painted flowers on some stones
And buried them in our garden
Hoping one day, they would grow

I wish I knew then what I know now
That this would be the only time
I would leave it all behind
I would never again see
The flowers on the stones
If I had only known
It's time to go; I know
I won't be this way again