Released: November 2, 1987
Songwriter: Jeff Lynne George Harrison
Producer: Jeff Lynne George Harrison
[Verse 1]
Back then long time ago when grass was green
Woke up in a daze
Arrived like strangers in the night
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) Back when income tax was all we had
[Verse 2]
Caresses fleeced you in the morning light
Casualties at dawn
And we did it all
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) You are my world, you are my only love
[Bridge]
And while you're in this world
The fuzz gonna come and claim you
But you mo' better wise
When the buzz gonna come and take you away
Take you away, take you away
[Verse 3]
The microscopes that magnified the tears
Studied warts and all
Still the life flowed on and on
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) But it's all over now baby blue
[Outro]
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) Like this pullover you sent to me
(Fab) And you really got a hold me
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
Back then long time ago when grass was green
Woke up in a daze
Arrived like strangers in the night
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) Back when income tax was all we had
[Verse 2]
Caresses fleeced you in the morning light
Casualties at dawn
And we did it all
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) You are my world, you are my only love
[Bridge]
And while you're in this world
The fuzz gonna come and claim you
But you mo' better wise
When the buzz gonna come and take you away
Take you away, take you away
[Verse 3]
The microscopes that magnified the tears
Studied warts and all
Still the life flowed on and on
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) But it's all over now baby blue
[Outro]
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
(Fab) Like this pullover you sent to me
(Fab) And you really got a hold me
(Fab) Long time ago when we was fab
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- Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (2009)
- My Sweet Lord
- Isn’t It a Pity
- All Things Must Pass
- What Is Life
- Wah-Wah
- Beware of Darkness
- Run of the Mill
- Got My Mind Set On You
- All Those Years Ago
- Give Me Love
- Crackerbox Palace
- Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
- I’d Have You Anytime
- When We Was Fab
- If Not for You
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
- Awaiting on You All
- I Live for You
- Behind That Locked Door
- Let It Down
- Hear Me Lord
- Blow Away
- Art of Dying
- Isn’t It a Pity (Version 1)