Lyrics

Things Won’t Always Be This Way
Music and lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2025 Seth Adam, BMI

Sunny Saybrook shoreline summertime
And I was twenty something years old
Chasing buzzes, youthful highs, and music
No idea what the future should
Consequences be damned
I just want to feel good tonight with you
We got friends all around us, walking in the low tide
Shining in the moonlight, feeling stoned will get us through

Things won’t always be this way
She said rolling up a smile
Things won’t always be this way
She said so stay for while

Just a driveway separates me
From the drunkest wiseman I’ve ever known
He’s always got the TV on
To tell himself that he’s not really alone
In the early thirties of my life, trying to survive
Graduate and move to New York City with my friends
So we get drunk on Tuesday, sober up some on Wednesday
And by Thursday we’d be drunk once again

Things won’t always be this way
He said his father told him as a child
Things won’t always be this way
So let’s pour ourselves a smile

Forties brought a new perspective to life
Scattered toys across the living room floor
I see our faces in our children and the life we made
Every day I love you more
I’m both scared and joyful to see them growing up
What will I do when they move on
I wish that they could be my little ones forever
My little babies daddy loves you so, so much

You say things won’t always be this way
See it through the eyes of a child
Things won’t always be this way
These days only last for a while