Had to Be There Songtext
von Mobley

There was an art to me
And it grew a little more every day
And it grew a little more every day
I could feel it
I could feel it

But beauty′s hard to keep
And before long it's fading away
Oh, before long it′s faded away
Time'll steal it
Time'll steal it

I was on my own, before I had to be there
But my time was all my own, before I had to be there
Can you take me back away from here
To where it is that I′m supposed be

You are a gravity
And you′ll bend every bone to your shape
An allure even time won't escape
And I need it
Oh I need it


Sometime I feel like a lonely child
My face against the window pane
All of the world waiting there outside is just beyond my touch
And then I wonder
Are we over?
Or will the ties that bind me back to you
Keep dragging ′til they're driving me insane

I was on my own, before I had to be there
But my time was all my own, before I had to be there
Can you take me back away from here
To where it is that I′m supposed be

I was on my own, before I had to be there
But my time was all my own, before I had to be there
Can you take me back away from here
To where it is that I'm supposed be

I am not the thing that once I was
I am not the thing I′ll be
If I ever really had your love
Maybe that's enough for me

I am not the thing I thought I'd come to be

I was on my own, before I had to be there
But my time was all my own, before I had to be there
Can you take me back away from here
To where it is that I′m supposed be