I Used To Do That

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I found an old guitar upstairs With dust along the strings I couldn't name the last time I'd made some noise just for the hell of it There was a book beside the window A bookmark halfway through A camera with a roll inside From somewhere back in '02 [Pre-Chorus] I kept saying "when things settle" Like they ever really do Funny how the things I loved Were always waiting too [Chorus] I used to do that I used to lose an afternoon With nowhere I was meant to be And nothing I had to prove I used to do that Before everything became Something useful, something measured Something worthy of my name Maybe I didn't lose those pieces Maybe I just put them away I used to do that Maybe I'll do it again someday [Verse 2] I used to know the back roads Just to see where they would end I'd call somebody out of nowhere Just because I missed a friend I knew every song on records That I haven't played in years Somehow life got more important And a little less sincere [Pre-Chorus] No one told me I should stop them There was no deciding day Little things just disappeared While bigger things got in the way [Chorus] I used to do that I used to lose an afternoon With nowhere I was meant to be And nothing I had to prove I used to do that Before everything became Something useful, something measured Something worthy of my name Maybe I didn't lose those pieces Maybe I just put them away I used to do that Maybe I'll do it again someday [Bridge] So I tuned that old guitar It took a while to get it right My fingers missed a couple chords But I played for half the night Nobody heard a single note Nobody needed to And for a little while I remembered Why I used to [Final Chorus] I used to do that I used to lose an afternoon Turns out nowhere can be somewhere When you don't have much to prove I used to do that And maybe that's alright Not everything we leave behind Has disappeared from sight Some things don't need a reason Some things don't need a plan I used to do that I think I will again [Instrumental Outro]