Nathanson, Matt - Used To Be Lyrics






Still got the same old number
Still drive the car you hate
Still fighting with my father
Still staying out too late
Still leave the backdoor open
Still let the dog escape
Maybe I'm deep down hoping you'll come back to yell at me
Like you used to do
You were right
I'm just a stubborn fool who's living in the past

When we were young and we were free
And all your friends were friends with me
Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed midnight on New Year's Eve
And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

And when you're at your movie or autobiography
That carries the sweetest details
Feel free to call on me
Write how I made you shiver
The ground underneath is shaking
The devil is in the details
He and I get on real good
Like we used to do
And you were right
I'm just a stubborn fool who's living in the past

When we were young and we were free
And all your friends were friends with me
Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed midnight on New Year's Eve
And if you're having trouble baby, holding on theo memories
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

You know it's ancient history
And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

When we were young and we were free
And all your friends were friends with me
Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed midnight on New Year's Eve
And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

'Cause we were young and we were free
And all your friends were friends with me
Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed midnight on New Year's Eve
And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be
I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be





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  1. m.... ....

    Unadulterated
    Trash

  2. S.... S....

    Thank you Don Henley!

  3. S.... ....

    This bullshit song plays all the time where I work and it drives me nuts

  4. L.... M....

    Oh, Matt, you have done it again! Love the song, love the video, love YOU! miss yo' face😻😻😻

  5. S.... ....

    Your song sucks.

  6. R.... C....

    Vaping pisses rich people off

    because it’s taking 💰 away from the Greedy
    Medical 🏥 community

    saving people’s lives that have quit smoking 🚬

    so when I see this Trash 🗑 Trending

    I know it’s just big tobacco paying off the media

    your song pisses me off because we have to hear it every day at work, you’re running up a bill and you owe me a lot of money for pain and suffering. Successful people need to be held accountable for the damage they do to the workingman, Bernie Sanders would tell you that

  7. S.... L....

    This song sucks. They play it at my work and it is annoying to hear. You sound like a dipshit when you talk about having a PhD and a king sized bed lol

  8. M.... M....

    Here after watching Richard Marx singing this. 👍

  9. 5.... ....

    does he really have a PhD

  10. A.... U....

    wow this is the stupidest fucking song I've heard in at least a couple of months

  11. D.... D....

    Excellent song created by a soul, not a corporation👍
    Cheers

  12. C.... ....

    Awesome song... I love it. Me and my colleagues work for the English department at our university. I have a PhD in English studies and history of English literature... So I actually do have a PhD in the way it use to be... We joke about that each time this song plays on the radio... It has become the unofficial song of our department... Well done, sir, well done.

  13. k.... c....

    Super music et hayley mcfarland me rend heureuse elle dégage quelques chose de fort 😍❤️je vais pleurer 😢

  14. E.... F....

    were they supposed to be best friends?

  15. A.... W....

    Basic barfage.

  16. K.... A....

    I'm just a stubborn fool who's living in the past...Yeah You were Damn right...
    The tune is worthy listening...20:59

  17. R.... W....

    Terrible song!

  18. J.... G....

    The PHD is a reference to his penis right ??

  19. A.... B....

    Molly C Quinn!!!!!!!!

  20. T.... ....

    shes from lie to me, but what is this vid?

  21. J.... B....

    Should I send this to my crush that I in a fight with

  22. L.... ....

    The video clip feels so genuine. I'm crying 😭

  23. B.... V....

    but does Matt have a PhD

  24. T.... M....

    Love this song ❤❤

  25. p.... c....

    This world is so fucked up i wonder how despacito has 6 billion views. More than half of this figure dont even know what that fuckin' song means....while this great song with such beautiful lyrics has very less views. That despacito song is fucking bullshit.... I dont even know what it means..... I dont know in which language it is....also that girl in the video is not that hot or beautiful that people are crazy to see that fucking video again and again....i love this song and hope that it goes viral sometime cause its such a good song.....there are many more singers and bands which are underrated, unknown to many people....matt nathanson, dean lewis, chris daughtry, plain white t's, parmalee, scotty mc creery, thomas rhett, the struts and many more ive just named a few.....hope that someday all these bands and singers get fame and get a lot of views on their songs....great piece of work matt....different beds and way way back are also amazing songs....best part is that all your songs have beautiful lyrics and deep meaning...dont loose hope keep creating stuff like this....

  26. E.... W....

    Still sounding great, Matt! Love this!

  27. L.... Z....

    Music chameleon. Wow. Hope this guy gets another top 40 hit! Real musicians just let the music speak.

  28. L.... K....

    Damn i love this song already!!!

  29. D.... M....

    Oh, I like that girl :3

  30. F.... M....

    That's Castle daughter

  31. M.... P....

    Maybe they broke up because she was tired of having a smartphone pointed at her all of the time.

  32. M.... B....

    666K views ;o Illuminati exposed.

  33. c.... 5....

    So, girls can be beautiful without makeup too?

  34. m.... ....

    Why have a lesbian couple star in the music video of a song with an exclusively male vocalist?

  35. c.... ....

    647k veiws umm how!

  36. B.... A....

    When will this song be available on joox -_-

  37. s.... ....

    Ahhhhh! First time I watched and read the comments I'm like: pfft these cry babies
    Second time watching it: I guess it's a little sad..
    Third time watching it: * tears up * OK WHO HAS ONIONS UP IN HERE

  38. D.... C....

    Who's this now, eh Em? *gets in the guys face with the bottom jaw pushed out while raising his eyebrows up only to quickly lower them down again*

  39. E.... G....

    Go check out 5 Unusual Questions with Jared, the guy who runs the channel is interviewing Matt Nathanson next week before the concert. Video should come out sometime after that.

  40. T.... W....

    she was looking at the pictures and i was like nonoonoNONONONONONNO

  41. I.... A....

    Underrated song

  42. K.... C....

    I heard this one week ago and now it's my fav song

  43. C.... J....

    emily lightman!

  44. S.... H....

    Who is the girl who is in this video?
    And before you ask I can’t find it in the description.

  45. A.... B....

    I love this song the way used be

  46. T.... C....

    I got a king sized bed & a PHD in the way it used to be... 💔 I miss you now, four years later. Sometimes I get stoned & get in my feeling & think of you. I miss you, baby & if you ever need me, you know where to find me. ❤

  47. G.... P....

    Who also clicked on AJ Mitchell’s song first on accident cus it was on the very front big.

  48. M.... W....

    A pretty huge dick? Really? Lol

  49. a.... l....

    If you like this check out his song come on get high I grew up loving that song so much I had to listen to it before bed on my mp3 lol

  50. M.... ....

    I gotta king sized bed and a pHd in the way it used to be!

  51. Y.... ....

    This song was pulled so fast from the airwaves, my guess was the PhD lyric
    It sounded pretty silly

    Y.... ....

    YukiSkullDoll I actually heard this song today at work on the radio 👌

    Y.... ....

    I hear it on the radio. Maybe your radio market is too puritan. Are you Amish perhaps?

    Y.... ....

    They play on the muzak at work all the time. It grates my nerves cause he says that line over and over, since he obviously thinks its clever. It just comes off as cheap pick up line to me tho.

  52. Y.... T....

    👍 👍 up brother

  53. M.... N....

    Man, this is bad.

  54. C.... Y....

    Where’s the lyric video?

  55. T.... S....

    Instagram in my ❤️

  56. L.... H....

    Dang that is a nice car. What kind is is it?

    L.... H....

    Looked like a 1965 Ford Mustang

  57. k.... ....

    ♡♡♡

  58. Z.... G....

    I did not come here for these kinds of feels!

  59. J.... L....

    Damn this song is good.

  60. R.... ....

    Me sitting alone at summer break with all my past friends either abandoned or graduated after two years of chaotic drama. Oh, and about the end of the video, teaches you for using Crapple.

  61. M.... M....

    Love it

  62. T.... M....

    Love it

  63. D.... M....

    this is the most repetitive garbage ever.

  64. j.... b....

    Still got the same old number
    Still drive the car you hate
    Still fighting with my father
    Still staying out too late
    Still leave the backdoor open
    Still let the dog escape
    Maybe I'm deep down hoping
    You'll come back to yell at me
    Like you used to do
    You were right
    I'm just a stubborn fool 
    who's living in the past

    When we were young and we were free
    And all your friends were friends with me
    Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed, midnight on New Year's Eve
    And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

    And when you're at your movie or autobiography
    That carries the sweetest details
    Feel free to call on me
    Write how I made you shiver
    The ground underneath us shook and
    Devil is in the details
    He and I get on real good
    Like we used to do
    And you were right
    I'm just a stubborn fool 
    who's living in the past

    When we were young and we were free
    And all your friends were friends with me
    Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed, midnight on New Year's Eve
    And if you're having trouble baby, holding on the memories
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

    Woaaaah, woaah
    Woaaaah, woaah

    You know it's ancient history

    And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

    When we were young and we were free
    And all your friends were friends with me
    Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed, midnight on New Year's Eve
    And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

    'Cause we were young and we were free
    And all your friends were friends with me
    Swimming in our clothes when the beach was closed, midnight on New Year's Eve
    And if you're having trouble baby, holding on to memories
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be
    I've got a king sized bed and a PHD in the way it used to be

  65. c.... s....

    Utter shit

  66. J.... M....

    PhD? Pretty hard dick ? Lol

  67. b.... ....

    ITS THE GIRL FROM LIE TO ME

  68. S.... b....

    Love ur music. Been listing to u since when i was a kid

  69. Y.... D....

    omg she reminds me of a female Tom Holland

  70. N.... J....

    Does PHD means pretty huge dick?

  71. N.... ....

    You're into girls that look 14 dude. thats weird

    N.... ....

    UPDATE = Matt is 45 guys.

    N.... ....

    Its him singing it but the songs about two girls

  72. M.... R....

    I love this song

  73. M.... B....

    لأ البنت يتزعل عليها بصراحة
    يعوض عليكى يا حبيبتى وتلاقى الأحسن منها

  74. K.... 6....

    I gushed over this song so hard lmao

  75. L.... A....

    LETS GO LESBIANS LETS GO

  76. R.... C....

    There was this couple, used to sit in the grass by me...so perfect for each other, such a reef..beautiful..people...

  77. D.... B....

    2:18 is that a Google gif thing for texting?

  78. S.... Q....

    I love hearing this on 96.5 Houston

  79. l.... c....

    Beautiful song and video. Greetings from Poland

  80. R.... C....

    Such good imagery in the lyrics, I've been at it for a week..

  81. R.... C....

    There's that..

  82. M.... L....

    My new fav song 🥰

  83. A.... G....

    That girl is so pretty

  84. S.... E....

    I stumbled upon this incredible song. It is lovely. Thanks Matt

  85. K.... K....

    I don't understand the lyrics.

    Is it "AND the way it used to be." or "IN the way it used to be." ???

    "IN the way it used to be." Makes no sense??

    K.... K....

    When he says “I got a PhD in the way in used to be” he basically just means he’s really familiar in reminiscing in what used to be and therefore knows a lot about it


    And then I interpret the “king size bed” part just to mean that now that that person is no longer in his life, his bed (or maybe metaphorically his life) is now big and emptier with just him in it now

    K.... K....

    He has a (PhD) degree in the way it used to be. Like saying “I have a PhD in Physiology”

    K.... K....

    @Miranda Carpenter Thanks. Now it makes sense. I didn't perceive it that way at first. Basically he is saying that he is an expert in the way it used to be.

    K.... K....

    Hes making a pass at an ex in the hopes that they can sleep together and things will go back to the way they were.

  86. e.... T....

    I really think that this is a person looking at the past version of herself. I think she is the same person, just letting go of a troubled past, who changed physically and emotionally.

  87. V.... P....

    Makes me think of my ex. She was a good person though. Until the end anyway

    V.... P....

    Same here.
    Gina tapley will forever have a piece of my heart.

  88. P.... ....

    Love this song!

  89. M.... F....

    Love the song reminds of my son . its going to be a favorite of mine for sure . thank you Matt.

  90. L.... T....

    Nice song

  91. A.... R....

    This song is about a boy adult who isn’t mature enough to become a man and still refuses to grow into one lol

  92. E.... H....

    10/10 this track is on fire🔥

  93. s.... ....

    This guy sounds like Don henley, especially during the phd part

  94. F.... W....

    This song is probably relatable to 99.9% of the human beings on planet earth. Pure magic.

  95. c.... e....

    Why is everyone here coz of fob or matt. Anyone here coz it was on their recommended 😂

  96. c.... l....

    Batman. Don't born ill be ok Brother

    c.... l....

    Love you brother if we even got killled bro

    c.... l....

    Fuck off bro

  97. T.... S....

    I love this song now!

  98. M.... N....

    i have amazingly creative friends. when i was kicking around my idea for the “used to be” video, i floated it by jade and elan and molly… and they ran with it and knocked that shit OUT OF THE PARK!!!

    i dare you to try and watch this video and not laugh at least 3x and then cry… seriously.

    and huge love to hayley mcfarland for stepping in, stepping up and absolutely OWNING this thing… hayley, you are a queen!

    M.... N....

    Deep down hoping
    Fool living in a past that was way to short...
    But when I get that king sized bed...hit me up..
    I'll be ypur huckleberry

    M.... N....

    Who's the girl....damn she's beautiful

    M.... N....

    The concept was brilliant, and the end, heart breaking. It's so relatable I'm sure that most of us at one point or another have gone through this. You make my soul smile Mr. Nathanson. Keep up the great work

    M.... N....

    didnt cry or laugh at all

    M.... N....

    I love you Matt!!! keep up the good work 😍😍