That was then but this is now

 

Why make the past your sacred cow?

  I guess you've changed, you've changed and how

  Yeah, yeah, yeah

  Fruit's grown rotten on the bough

  Reap what you sow, with a counterfeit plough

  Yeah, yeah, yeah 

 

 

That was then but this is now

  That was then but this is now

 

 

More sacrifices than an Aztec priest

  Standing here straining at that leash

  All fall down

  Can't complain, musn't grumble

  Help yourself to another peace of apple crumble

  And consequently:

  Hearts of oak are charged and blistered

  Russians should be baby-sitted

  Americans enlisted

 

 

That was then but this is now

That was then but this is now

That was then but this is now