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NOSTALGIA
music and lyrics copyright 2006 by Stephen J. Deasy

Used to think about times gone by
How they’d make me laugh, make me cry
But now it doesn’t have the same effect on me
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be

I’m trying to find that little home town in the back of my mind
Familiar scenery, and folks who treat me kind
But it seems just like a ghost town, I don’t recognize even one face
Nostalgia is such an unfamiliar place

Bridge        
Ever get that feeling?  Déjà Vu?
Like some time ago you might have passed this way?
Lately it feels more like Vujà Dé (Note 1)
Who the hell are you anyway?
(Where the hell was I, anyway?)

Nostalgia is easy, remembrance is tough
I keep trying to picture it, but it’s just not clear enough
Maybe I see just what I want to see
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be

I remember it all, right down to the letter
The older I get, my memory just keeps getting better
I even remember things that never happened at all
Nostalgia, sometimes can be so off-the-wall

Repeat Bridge

I think I’m suffering from CRS (Note 2)
But I don’t know what that means, I can only guess
I read about it in a magazine from the AARP
It said Nostalgia just ain’t what it used to be
Everything’s changed
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be
Nothing’s the same
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be

Il est fini.

Notes:        1) Comedian George Carlin defines this as the feeling
                        that  you've never, ever been here before

                    2) Can't Remember Stuff (there is another
                        interpretation with slightly more colorful language)