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The Once and Future Me

from Modernism by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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A nod to the Talking Heads, who were a big influence on me in the late 1970s and through most of the 1980s. This song is a true story of my life: me being me, doing what I do, and writing about it.

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The Once and Future Me
Lyrics by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

I’m going back to my A B C s
I’m going back to what I know to be true
I’m harking back across the mountains and the seas
I’m looking back to find the once and future me

I’m on a bridge between the old and the new
I’m on a ridge looking out at the view
I’m looking up to see the clouds in the sky
I’m crossing over to find what I can do

Remember, I can’t seem to remember
Whatever, it doesn’t really seem to matter
‘Cause what was true then is even more true today
What was true then is even more true today
What was true then is even more true today
And nothing has changed except nothing is the same

I’m starting out, relearn my A B C s
I’m taking off learning a new point of view
I’m harking back across the mountains and the seas
I’m looking back to find the once and future me

Ay-ay-ay – What was I going to say?
Oh-uh-oh – What was I going to do?
Ah-ah-ah – Maybe it’s better this way
Say O-kay to the once and future you

I’m on a bridge between the old and the new
I’m on a ridge looking out at the view
I’m looking up to see the clouds in the sky
I’m crossing over to find what I can do

Remember, I can’t seem to remember
Whatever, it doesn’t really seem to matter
‘Cause what was true then is even more true today
What was true then is even more true today
What was true then is even more true today
And nothing has changed except nothing is the same

I’m going back to my A B C s
I’m going back to what I know to be true
I’m harking back across the mountains and the seas
I’m looking back to find the once and future me

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from Modernism, released January 9, 2012
Andrew L. Jackson: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drum programming

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Andrew Lawrence Jackson

Alternative singer-songwriter, recording artist, Zru Vogue co-founder, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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