Today & Tomorrow

from Can't Turn Back by Ryan Harvey

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lyrics

It's best to know the worth of what you've got before its gone
But you cant let yourself get stuck because you're afraid you might be wrong
Your nostalgic for 68, I'm nostalgic for the 99
But sometimes thinking back too much can make you close your eyes

What we do today Matters both today and tomorrow

The point of learning history is to build something new
I don't care what you've read about unless it impacts what you do
You wanna recreate 68? You wanna recreate 99?
Try learning their hard lessons to reflect and then and refine
Because the good old days just sucked sometimes, if you ask those were there
And the answers weren't just blown' in the wind, they were put there

chorus

Ah, but history gets simplified with the passing on of time
And causes and effects sometimes take decades to define
I seen the long shadow of 68 by the ruins of the Berlin Wall
I seen the long shadow of 68 in Seattle
And looking back from here now all the pieces seem to fit
Sometimes its hard to notice the changing world when you're right inside of it
Ah, but without us the future is a boat without a sail
Without our best attempts we set the next ones up to fail

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from Can't Turn Back, released May 15, 2012

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Ryan Harvey Baltimore, Maryland

Folk singer, writer, activist, and co-owner of Firebrand Records.

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