Nostalgia Kills lyrics
by Jill Sobule
[Verse 1]
Turn off the lights, I'll pull down the screen
And turn on the projector and then we'll see
How it used to be, you and me
[Verse 2]
You in your striped shirt and desert boots
And I'm in my blue dress and cardigan
Funny how it comes back again
[Chorus]
As we open the box and another appears
Look at ourselves in a long row of mirrors
We get smaller and smaller with each passing year
We have to keep moving or die
[Verse 3]
Turn up the volume on the stereo
Let's spin it around like so long ago
Like when we kissed, and it goes like this
[Chorus]
As we open the box and the music we hear
We look at ourselves and our long trail of tears
We get younger and younger with each passing year
Have to keep moving or die
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
As we open the box and another appears
Look at ourselves in a long row of mirrors
We get smaller and smaller with each passing year
We have to keep moving or die
We wax and we wane and we hold onto time
Of our halcyon days, we were able to find
We'll watch it today but please put it away
'Cause we have to keep moving or die
[Outro]
We have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
Have to keep moving or die
We have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
We have to keep moving or die, or die
We have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
We have to keep moving or die
We have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
We have to keep moving or die
Have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
We have to keep moving or die
We have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
We have to keep moving or die
We have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
We have to keep moving or die
We have to keep moving, we have to keep moving
We have to keep moving or die