Fogelberg foi um componente chave da idade de ouro do cantor confessional e compositor, juntando-se os gostos de James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne e mais foco na transformação de música pop do interior após a explosão dos anos 60 do comentário social. Ele tinha começado como um roqueiro em bandas em torno de sua cidade natal de Peoria, Illinois, mas iniciou sua carreira solo, enquanto freqüentava a Universidade de Illinois.
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CG There was a time CG A simpler time DC-D-G When a man could be sure of where he stood CG I used to work at the yard CG Working honest and hard DC-D-G The hours were long, but the pay was good
CG I had a family and friends CG So many friends DC-D-G We'd drive to the lake on holidays CG Back then it wasn't so dear CG For a sandwich or beer DC At night I still dream I can see their faces
CHORUS: GC Certain things that you depend upon GC They were places that you'd known G And the faces of America DEm Oh oh, where do they go GCGCG Where did they go
CG I was born on a farm CG A mid-western farm DC-D-G I rode on the tractor with my dad CG And though we never had much CG It was always enough DC-D-G And we made the best with what we had
CG But then came four years of drought CG And the bottom dropped out DC-D-G My father was broken, like the rest CG And I can still see his hands CG Signing over his lands DC And the bankers grow fat on the flesh of the dispossessed
CHORUS: GC Certain things that you depend upon GC There are places I can go G I sift the ashes of America DEm For someplace I used to know (someplace I used to know) DC Someplace I used to know (someplace I used to know) G Someplace I used to know
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CG There was a time CG A simpler time DC-D-G When a man could be sure of where he stood CG I used to work at the yard CG Working honest and hard DC The hours were long, but the pay was oh, so good
CHORUS: GC Certain things that you depend upon GC I used to think were guaranteed G Like the right of every man to work EmC And feed his family, and feed his family GC And the faces of America GC Seem so distant and estranged G Have their eyes become too blind to see DEm How much their hearts have changed (how much their hearts have changed) C How much their hearts have changed (how much their hearts have changed) G How much their hearts have changed