And down where the innocence flows
There runs a trickle of tomorrows
The heart can't deny the sorrows
But love will settle where it grows

Can we turn our backs and leave
And watch the tenderness grieve
Is it right to hold back love
Is it wrong to not believe

(Chorus)
And there was a time
When I held you in my mind
When the passion burned me blind
When the reason lost the rhyme

So now we walk away forgotten
Nights of velvet, days of wonder
Isn't pride of winning rotten
When our tomorrows are pulled under

So now we're making lots of plans
Move apart, retreat, just cut the ties
Neither one here understands
How our doubts were born of lies

How we told ourselves it can't be
And believed we can't be worthy
We blamed each other for our doubt
We turned pain in, left love without

(Bridge)
And then you turned and held my face
Your tears reflecting word unspoken
The story love draws on your face
How a true heart can't be broken

It takes time to truly know
It takes love to understand
That the tender things must grow
Built on truth and burning passion
Not the doubts of shifting sand

(Final Chorus)
And there was a time
When I held you in my mind
When the passion burned me blind
When the reason lost the rhyme

So now we walk again restored
How the velvet burns between us
And broken love is now adored
'Cause now at last the truth has seen us

There Was A Time

© 2026 Bob Lee

Potential new lyric awaiting composition