Twenty Years And Change
Collin Raye

Jim played piano in a band called Angry Witness

Out to fight the system in the fall of '81

Like all his friends, he felt peace, could behead for the asking

It was just a matter of convincing the old ones


They broke up on John and Yoko's anniversary

Went separate ways like most bands do

Same old frustration when they saw the times were not a-changing

Jim warmed up to the cold hard truth


Jim plays piano, a simple weekend warrior

At a cozy little mad spot just a few blocks from his home

He wakes up every morning, has breakfast with his children

Sweet wife smiling at him, thinks how good my life's become


This past Thursday was the 14th anniversary

Owned their own sweet home since '92

Monday through Friday he sells those new lots off the highway

Read from the door, red, white and blue


Sometimes he wonders how did one man get so lucky

And what happened to his anger and his vow to heal the world

In just over two decades he has watched the earth revolving

Now just simple problem solving, twenty years and change


How long did I love you before my heart stopped breaking?


Since the night I stood there shaking when you ran out of my life

Now I think it's time I told you, even if you show no interest

How I came to feel forgiveness and finally set things right


It was twenty years, two months and five days this December

You wiped your shoes off on my heart

Far too realistic to betray a kid so idealistic

Flames of faith put out in the dark


Then one cold morning, a real live frosty Friday

I turned to the pain beside me and I realized it was gone

I tore up all your pictures, never thinking you might find me

Time to put that junk behind me and wonder why it took so long


Now here you stand on what would be our anniversary

Telling me how tough life's been on you

No satisfaction for I realized we've lost all attraction

Moving on is all that's left to do


God, I feel so foolish for what seemed so devastating

And the love I had for hating was a tragic waste of time

Somehow I feel like laughing with that free weight lifted from me

Oh, how wisdom does become me, twenty years and change


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Lyrics by Collin Raye

  'Scuse Moi, My Heart   A Bible And A Bus Ticket Home   A Long Way To Go   A Mother & Father's Prayer   A Mother And Father's Prayer   Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That From Me   All I Can Be   All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)   All I Can Do Is Love You   All My Roads   And I Love You So   Angel Of No Mercy   Any Old Stretch of Blacktop   Anyone else   April Fool   Away In A Manger   Big River   Blackbird   Blue Magic   Butterfly Kisses   Check Yes Or No   Completely   Cool Cat   Corner Of The Heart   Couldn't Last A Moment   Counting Sheep   Dancing With No Music Playing   Dear Life   Don't Tell Me You're Not In Love   Dreaming My Dreams   Dreaming My Dreams With You   Dreaming My Dreams With You [Single Version]   End Of The World   Every Second   Faithful Old Flame   Fearless   Forgotten   Gypsy Honeymoon   Harder Cards   Heart   Heart Full Of Rain   Hearts Are For When You Want To Love Someone   Holes In The Floor Of Heaven   Hurricane Jane   I Can Let Go Now   I Can Still Feel You   I Know That's Right   I Love Being Wrong   I Love You This Much   I Think About You   I Volunteer   I Want To Be There   I Want You Bad   I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)   I Wish I Could   I'll Be Home For Christmas   I'm Gonna Love You   I'm Gonna Love You   If I Were You   If You Get There Before I Do   In This Life   It Could Be That Easy   It Could Happen Again   It Could've Been So Good   It's Only Make Believe   Josephine   Landing In Love   Latter Day Cowboy   Let It Be Me   Let Your Love Flow   Little Drummer Boy   Little Red Rodeo   Little Red Rodeo [DVD]   Little Rock   Love Me   Love Remains   Love, Me   Loving This Way   Make Sure You've Got It All   Man Of My Word   Many A Mile   My Kind Of Girl   Never Going Back   Not That Different   Nothin' A Little Love Won't Cure   O Holy Night   On The Verge   One Boy, One Girl   One Boy, One Girl [DVD]   One Desire   Open Arms   Sadly Ever After   Scuse Moi My Heart   She's All That   She's Gonna Fly   She's With Me   Silent Night   Somebody Else's Moon   Someone You Used To Know   Somewhere In My Broken Heart   Start Over Georgia   Stay Awake   Stuck in the Middle with You   Survivors   Sweet Memory   Sweet Miss Behavin'   Take Care of You   That Was A River   That's My Story   The Cross   The Dream Song   The Eleventh Commandment   The First Noël   The First Noel   The First Noel (instrumental Reprise)   The Gift   The Only Jesus   The Search Is Over   The Time Machine   The Walls Came Down   Tired Of Loving This Way   To The Border And Beyond   Too La Loo Ra Loo Ral   Water And Bridges   We'll Be Alright   What I Did For Love   What I Need   What If Jesus Comes Back Like That   What The Heart Wants   What They Don't Know   When You Say Your Prayers   When You Wish Upon a Star   White Christmas   Winter Wonderland   Without You   Without You (Duet With Susan Ashton)   You Always Get To Me   You Can't Take It With You   You Get Me   You Must Not Be Drinking Enough   You Still Take Me There   You Will Always Be Mine   Young As We   Young As We're Ever Gonna Be   Young As We’re Ever Gonna Be

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