I Once Thought

Verse 1

I once thought a man on the moon
Was just a dream on a black-and-white screen
Something folks would talk about
But never really see

Now they’re making plans for Mars
Talking ‘bout another world
And I’m still sitting here amazed
At the changes I’ve lived through

Verse 2

I remember when a telephone
hung on a wall back home
And if somebody called long distance
You kept the conversation short

Now everybody carries one
Right there in their hand
More powerful than the machines
That first put footprints in the moon’s dust

Pre-Chorus

Every generation swears
They’ve seen it all before
Then tomorrow walks right through the door

Chorus

I once thought,
“That’ll never be”
Life keeps proving that wrong for me

The world keeps turning faster now
Than this old mind can run
And every time I think we’ve reached the edge
Something new gets done

I once thought
We’d reached the end
But every road just seems to extend

And looking back through all these years
One thing still amazes me

How much of tomorrow
Nobody can see

Verse 3

Back when Polaroids could make a picture
Appear before your eyes
We thought we’d touched the future then
And what a grand surprise

Now people share their whole lives
Before the day is through
Every smile and every sunset
Every old and every new

Verse 4

Robots used to live in movies
Or in some child’s toy box dream
Now they’re building cars and airplanes
With a precision never seen

And artificial intelligence
Was science fiction too
Now it answers questions in a heartbeat
Like an old friend helping you

Bridge

Now they’re talking AGI
And things beyond that too

Machines that someday may learn
In ways we never knew

Maybe they’ll solve mysteries
We’ve struggled with for years

But they still won’t feel a mother’s love
Hold a baby in their arms
Or shed a human tear

Final Chorus

Maybe what’s left
Is what it’s always been

To love and laugh
And dream again

To raise our children
Hold a hand

Help a neighbor
When we can

A machine may know a million things
And calculate the stars

But it’ll never feel the wonder
Of watching fireflies in the dark

I’ve seen a world of changes
More than I ever thought I would

And if I’ve learned one thing from life
It’s this simple truth:

The future keeps surprising us
Just like it always has

And tomorrow’s impossibilities
Become yesterday’s past

Tag

Yes, tomorrow’s impossibilities
Become yesterday’s past…

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I Once Thought Verse 1 I once thought a man on the moon Was just a dream on a black-and-white screen Something folks would talk about But never really see Now they’re making plans for Mars Talking ‘bout another world And I’m still sitting here amazed At the changes I’ve lived through Verse 2 I remember when a telephone hung on a wall back home And if somebody called long distance You kept the conversation short Now everybody carries one Right there in their hand More powerful than the machines That first put footprints in the moon’s dust Pre-Chorus Every generation swears They’ve seen it all before Then tomorrow walks right through the door Chorus I once thought, “That’ll never be” Life keeps proving that wrong for me The world keeps turning faster now Than this old mind can run And every time I think we’ve reached the edge Something new gets done I once thought We’d reached the end But every road just seems to extend And looking back through all these years One thing still amazes me How much of tomorrow Nobody can see Verse 3 Back when Polaroids could make a picture Appear before your eyes We thought we’d touched the future then And what a grand surprise Now people share their whole lives Before the day is through Every smile and every sunset Every old and every new Verse 4 Robots used to live in movies Or in some child’s toy box dream Now they’re building cars and airplanes With a precision never seen And artificial intelligence Was science fiction too Now it answers questions in a heartbeat Like an old friend helping you Bridge Now they’re talking AGI And things beyond that too Machines that someday may learn In ways we never knew Maybe they’ll solve mysteries We’ve struggled with for years But they still won’t feel a mother’s love Hold a baby in their arms Or shed a human tear Final Chorus Maybe what’s left Is what it’s always been To love and laugh And dream again To raise our children Hold a hand Help a neighbor When we can A machine may know a million things And calculate the stars But it’ll never feel the wonder Of watching fireflies in the dark I’ve seen a world of changes More than I ever thought I would And if I’ve learned one thing from life It’s this simple truth: The future keeps surprising us Just like it always has And tomorrow’s impossibilities Become yesterday’s past Tag Yes, tomorrow’s impossibilities Become yesterday’s past…

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