Bill Anderson - And Then Came The Bad Years lyrics

I remember how once upon a time

Before I could even phone you I had to borrow a dime

I had nothing to give you

And still you said you'd be mine

Lord, these were the good years.

A big night on the town for us used to be

Just two glasses of wine on our first anniversary

Oh, I know you could have more but you stuck by me

Those were the sweet years.

But I wasn't happy though you never complained

I wanted to give you more than just my name

I wanted to buy you not wine but champagne

And then came the hard years.

'Cause I started working harder and longer than ever before

Just to buy you all the things that you never even asked me for

And I never noticed but you changed more and more

Those were the sad years.

But the price of success just kept goin' up

And even when I had it all I didn't want to stop

For some reason it became important to me to stay on the top

Those were the selfish years.

And then I stopped one minute of my busy day

I felt like something was missing and what I couldn't say

And when I realized that it was love that had died away

And then came the bad years.

(Then came the bad years.)...