I Just Drove By

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

And 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

Oh, I just drove by

To see if things had changed