NOW IS ALL WE HAVE
FOREVER
Seeing you again
Has brought me from Then
To Now. Can I put it
All to music somehow?
As the past will slip away forever, the future never comes.
Now is all we have forever and it happens only once.
And you and I will likely never
Be just as we were
Before Momma Bear was sundered
From her Poppa Bear
By circumstance and whim,
Until now you are with him
And now I am with her.
Ah, but does it really matter?
Which should we prefer?
But still, we have to wonder
Just where would we be
If you had been a mother
And I'd kept you with me?
But the past will slip away forever, the future never comes.
Now is all we have forever and it happens only once.
Ah, but does it really matter?
Which should we prefer?
For now you do love him
And, yes, I do love her.
But I remember clearly, oh yes, etched into my brain
Just how close we cleaved our souls and bodies in the rain
And if Now is all we have forever,
Forever let it be.
Just know I loved you Then
When Then was Now
Forever once for me.
3R
Vershire, Vermont
September 1976
G Bb
Seeing you again
F Ab
Has brought me from Then
G F
To Now. Can I put it
C A D Dm Am
All to music somehow?
Bb G A Dm
As the past will slip away forever, the future never comes.
Ab F G Am Dm D
Now is all we have forever and it happens only once.
A Dm
And you and I will likely never
G Am
Be just as we were
C Dm
Before Momma Bear was sundered
C Am
From her Poppa Bear
G E
By circumstance and whim,
Am F
Until now you are with him
Am G
And now I am with her.
Am F G
Ah, but does it really matter?
Am D Dm Am
Which should we prefer?
Bb G
But still, we have to wonder
A Dm
Just where would we be
Ab F Ab
If you had been a mother
G Am Dm D
And I'd kept you with me?
Bb G A Dm
But the past will slip away forever, the future never comes.
Ab F G Am Dm
Now is all we have forever and it happens only once.
Am F G
Ah, but does it really matter?
Am D Dm Am
Which should we prefer?
Am F
For now you do love him
Am G
And, yes, I do love her.
A Dm G Am
But I remember clearly, oh yes, etched into my brain
F Dm C Am
Just how close we cleaved our souls and bodies in the rain
Bb G
And if Now is all we have forever,
A Dm
Forever let it be.
Ab
Just know I loved you Then
F Ab
When Then was Now
G Am
Forever once for me.