I always go the other way

But my car drove me down today

To a little house on the older side of town

Back when things were never hard

I used to play there in that yard

And I just drove by to see if things had changed



Cokes were just a nickel then

And across the street at the Five and Ten

A lot of things were cheap and square and strange

And the life we had might have been

But it was one we loved believing in

And I just drove by to see if things had changed



I wondered now

If love is still the way it was back then

I need to know

That life is still a place worth living in

There it is, just like it was

A house where there was always love

I just drove by to see if things had changed



In a world that's seen its better days

It's good to know some things remain

The same, though standing still is not time's way

Take to heart while in its spring

That love is just a fragile thing

I just drove by to see if things had changed