And Then We Lost
by Victor Lams

Instrumental intro (8 bars)

Verse 1:

It seems like only yesterday,
We had everything we'd need.
We'd overcome our avarice,
And we'd overcome our greed.

We'd only just begun and then uh,
Something happened which we can't
Really quite define, it was,
Unbelievable
how fast things changed.

Chorus 1:

(And we) lost our sense of purpose,
And then we lost our goals,
And when we lost our keys,
We lost our self-control.

(Then we) lost our innocence
We lost part of the whole,
And then we, lost our selves, 
When we lost our heart and soul

Verse 2:

It was a golden era
full of all kinds of,
Peace and prosperity
and lots and lots of fun.

But then the winds changed and we,
Rediscovered old habits which we
Thought we'd buried but which
We'd only put aside.

Verse 3:

We were much better off then,
Such a shame we gave it all up.
Guess that's the price of progress:
Being nice means you keep your mouth shut.

Chorus 2:

(and so we) lost our graspontheobvious,
And then we lost our minds
We lost our perspective,
And lost all sense of time.

We've lost the battle,
And now we'll lose the war.
But we just can't lose the feeling
That we've been here before.


Bridge:

Back to the front and front to the back
Tell the rear guard we're under attack (x4)

Back to the front and front to the back
Tell the onslaught to cut us some slack (x2)


Chorus 3:

We lost our sense of purpose,
Then we lost our goals,
And when we lost our dreams,
We lost our self-control.

We lost our innocence
We lost part of the whole,
And when we lost our selves, 
We lost our heart and soul.

We lost our purses,
We lost a billion,
We lost our verses,
We lost our children,
We lost a bunch of stuff
In the attack:
We lost a reality
That we'll never get back.