Looking Forward to the Past

Looking Forward to the Past -Tommy Emmanuel/Rodney Crowell

Written by：Rodney Crowell

There's a girl I use to know about three broken hearts ago

I married her and left her in the dark

Vicksburg has her now and I'm headed there somehow

For to see if I can kindle that old spark

She had that Louisiana sizzle

She had that sleepy southern sass

I split the blanket down the middle

Since then it's all been downhill fast

I'm looking forward to the past

I'm a Mississippi man and a Conway Twitty

And I haven't heard a song I like in years

I drive a po boy truck

And I make an honest buck

And I'll be ready when my savor reappears

If you want to think I'm dumb and lazy

Judge me entirely without class

But if you knew how momma raised me

You'd know it's you that comes off crass

I'm looking forward to the past

He who lives and learns can renegotiate the terms

On a freakin frackin future full of carbon copy crap

The stakes are through the roof but there's very little proof

We can find fresh food and water somewhere out there off the map

Well I cut my teeth on hurt

And I've slung my share of dirt

And I blame myself for everything gone wrong

But what's done is done they say

And if there's hell we have to pay

I might admit I must have known it all along

I don't know two nickels from a quarter

I don't know my shirt tail from my eyes

This modern worlds so out of order

I don't know just how long it can last

But I'm looking forward to the past

I'm looking forward to the past