Released: September 27, 2005
Songwriter: Sheryl Crow
Producer: John Shanks Sheryl Crow
[Verse 1]
My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away
But every now and then you come to mind
'Cause you were always waiting to be picked to play the game
But when your name was called, you found a place to hide
When you knew that I was always on your side
[Verse 2]
Well, everything was easy then, so sweet and innocent
But your demons and your angels reappeared
Leavin' only traces of the man you thought you'd be
Leavin' me with no place left to go from here
Leavin' me so many questions all these years
[Chorus]
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear?
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are you left to wonder, all alone eternally?
This isn't how it's really meant to be
No it isn't how it's really meant to be
[Verse 3]
Well they say that love is in the air, never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away
And I'm left to carry on and wonder why
Even through it all, I'm always on your side
[Chorus]
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear?
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are we left to wonder, all alone eternally?
But is this how it's really meant to be?
No, is it how it's really meant to be?
[Verse 4]
If they say that love is in the air, never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
If butterflies are free to fly, why do they fly away?
Leavin' me to carry on and wonder why
Was it you that kept me wandering through this life
When you know that I was always on your side?
My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away
But every now and then you come to mind
'Cause you were always waiting to be picked to play the game
But when your name was called, you found a place to hide
When you knew that I was always on your side
[Verse 2]
Well, everything was easy then, so sweet and innocent
But your demons and your angels reappeared
Leavin' only traces of the man you thought you'd be
Leavin' me with no place left to go from here
Leavin' me so many questions all these years
[Chorus]
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear?
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are you left to wonder, all alone eternally?
This isn't how it's really meant to be
No it isn't how it's really meant to be
[Verse 3]
Well they say that love is in the air, never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away
And I'm left to carry on and wonder why
Even through it all, I'm always on your side
[Chorus]
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear?
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are we left to wonder, all alone eternally?
But is this how it's really meant to be?
No, is it how it's really meant to be?
[Verse 4]
If they say that love is in the air, never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
If butterflies are free to fly, why do they fly away?
Leavin' me to carry on and wonder why
Was it you that kept me wandering through this life
When you know that I was always on your side?
more tracks from the album
Everyday Is A Winding Road (The Collection)
- Strong Enough
- Always on Your Side
- Steve McQueen
- Anything But Down
- Riverwide
- There Goes the Neighborhood
- I Shall Believe
- Can’t Cry Anymore
- Run, Baby, Run
- Home
- A Change Would Do You Good
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- If It Makes You Happy
- Soak Up the Sun
- All I Wanna Do
- Everyday Is a Winding Road
- Try Not to Remember
From the albums
- Wildflower (2005)
- Everyday Is A Winding Road (The Collection) (2013)
Sheryl Crow popular songs
- If It Makes You Happy
- Soak Up the Sun
- All I Wanna Do
- Real Gone
- My Favorite Mistake
- A Change Would Do You Good
- Everyday Is a Winding Road
- Strong Enough
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- I Shall Believe
- Sweet Child o’ Mine
- Halfway There
- Try Not to Remember
- One Less Bell to Answer (Live)
- Long Gone Lonesome Blues
- Live With Me (Live)
- All by Myself
- I Will Walk With You
- Subway Ride
- Get Off My Cloud
- No Depression in Heaven
- Let It Bleed (Live)
- Carolina