Now its the past

oh long ago the streets that we all knew 

where everyone knew each other 

and was there to lend a hand 

but now it has all gone

and

people walk by and don't say hi to you 

 

 

remember those times with mothers on their knees  

cleaning their doorsteps being so house proud 

now all the doorsteps are dirty

oh what happened to the time

  when everyone cares 

 

 

oh look at me and I look at you 

things that we remember 

 what we went through 

 oh time goes so fast you see 

one moment its the future

now its the past

 

remember when

the milkman

used to call 

and on

a frosty morning 

with fog in the air

you could see

  the cream pushes up 

to the top of the bottle  

and

you get the Cole man

carrying those heavy sacks

on his back 

 full of dust and dirty

always smiling back 

 

oh look at me and I look at you 

things that we remember 

 what we went through 

 oh time goes so fast you see 

one moment its the future

now its the past

 

 

oh the long hot summers water fights 

 playing hotscots and rounders 

but we just live our lives 

and somehow were we made it  through

 

children playing in the street 

kicking ball around 

police on their rounds 

men on bikes cycling along 

two by two there road 

on their way home

 

ice cream vans ringing out 

99 in hands 

but if I close my  eyes I can still see it now 

and if there was a time machine 

i like to go back and have a look now