Janis Ian - Guess You Had To Be There Lyrics
Back in nineteen-sixty-three, we walked a fine line
We were taking to the streets, skating on a thin dime
We were searching after truth and beauty
Now they turn it into late night movies
How can I explain
Guess you had to be there to be where
Love belonged to everyone
Flowers in the long hair, we stood there
Singing "We shall overcome"
Knowing the eyes of the world were on us
Knowing the whole world cared
Guess you had to be there
In the summer of our youth, we came together
We were gonna make the whole world honest
When a bullet got the bravest of us
Somehow nothing else was sacred
And we all stood naked
Guess you had to be there to be where
Love belonged to everyone
Flowers in the long hair, we stood there
Singing "We shall overcome"
Knowing the eyes of the world were on us
Knowing the whole world cared
Guess you had to be there
Now we listen to the news, and it seems all hope is gone
Everybody feeling used, and there's nowhere left to run
Sometimes it feels like the memory
Is all that's left of our used-to-be
But what can never be denied
Is the way we changed inside
Guess you had to be there to be where
Love belonged to everyone
Flowers in the long hair, we stood there
Singing "We shall overcome"
Knowing the eyes of the world were on us
Knowing the whole world cared
Guess you had to be there
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Janis Ian - Welcome To Acousticville
- Janis Ian - No One Else Like You
- Janis Ian - Tenderness
- Janis Ian - Take No Prisoners
- Janis Ian - Ready For The War
- Janis Ian - Breaking Silence
- Janis Ian - Some People's Lives
- Janis Ian - This House
- Janis Ian - Through The Years
- Janis Ian - This Train Still Runs
- Janis Ian - Walking On Sacred Ground
- Janis Ian - His Hands
- Janis Ian - What About The Love
- Janis Ian - Davy
- Janis Ian - When The Silence Falls
- Janis Ian - Hunger
- Janis Ian - Searching For America
- Janis Ian - Getting Over You
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