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Guns N' Roses - There Was a Time Lyrics

Song details
TitleThere Was a Time
ArtistGuns N' Roses
AlbumChinese Democracy [2008], Track 6
GenreRock
Duration06:38
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Song lyrics
Broken glass and cigarettes
Writin' on the wall
It was a bargain for the summer
And I thought I had it all
I was the one who gave you everything
The one who took the fall
You were the one who would do anything
The one who can't recall
Where she was while she was sleepin'
In another women's bed
Or the doctor's or the lawyer's
Or the stranger that she met
If there's nothin' that I can gain from this
Or anything at all
It'd be the knowledge that you gave me
When I thought I'd heard it all

It was a long time for you
(It was a long time)
It was a long time for me
(It was a long time)
It'd be a long time for anyone but
(It was a long time)
Looks like it's meant to be

Social class and registers
Cocaine in the hall
All the way from California
On the way to your next call
To those non-negotiations
To stimulate a cause
For the betterment of evils
And your ways around the laws
That keep you up and sitting pretty
On a pedestal or a bed
And now you're sleeping like an angel
Never mind who gave you head
If there's somethin' I can make of this
Or anything at all
It'd be the devil hates a loser
And you thought you had it all

It was the wrong time for you
(It was a long time)
It was the wrong time for me
(It was a long time)
It was the wrong time for anyone but
(It was a long time)
Looks like I'm 'bout to see for myself

If I could go back in time
To the place in my soul
There all alone
Lonely teardrops ooh
Are callin' you
But I don't want to know it now
Cause knowin' you
It won't change a damn thing
But there was a time

Yeah there was a time
Didn't want ta know it all...
Didn't wanna know it all...
N' I don't wanna know it now
Yeah there was a time
Didn't want ta know it all...
Didn't wanna know it all...
N' I don't wanna know it now
Oh

Oh I would do anything for you
There was a time
I would do anything for you
I would do anything for you
There was a time

There was a time
I would do anything for you
Ooh...
Yeah, there was a time
Didn't want ta know it all...
Didn't wanna know it all...
Ooh...
N' I don't wanna know it now
I would do...
Didn't want to know at all...
Anything for you
Didn't wanna know at all...
N' I don't wanna know it now

There was a time...
There was a time
submitted by hunnyangel on 12-01-2007
corrected on 10-04-2009


4 comments 

 Song comments
  11-09-2009 22:15 Greener2424 
Greener2424
 
11 posts
Solo is mind-blowing.
  03-05-2009 22:10 DebRose 
DebRose
 
6 posts
I think Axl hits the highest note he's ever hit in this song.

And Buckethead's solo is just... fucking AWESOME
  08-05-2007 17:58 VivaAxl 
VivaAxl
 
113 posts
don't put on songs that aren't realeased yet!! i hate the one who did this for life!!
give it time and you'll see it's coming out sooner or later!

even though i've heard it and it's better than most of the other songs, it's wrong to put it out on the internet, and it's wrong to write the lyrics in sites like this! f.u!!
  14-01-2007 13:15 hunnyangel 
hunnyangel
 
81 posts
it's a good song, though needs the original band. i wont complain though coz this is a good song


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