8 years old, hammering my old go-kart A two by four and a dream in my folks backyard The steering wheel was a rope when it broke I lost Life was a knife in my dream when then the wheels came off That was then, this is now World keeps spinning round and round You're either up or you're upside down Every road has led me back around Tears will fall and scars will fade You learn to live with the mess you've made A broken road still gets ya home somehow That was then, this is now Firing off kisses on all pistons in a little red dress A chrome plated heart teach ya somethin' that ya never forget She take ya to the finish line, but ya never gonna cross Crashed on a dead end street when my wheels came off That was then, this is now World keeps spinning round and round You're either up or you're upside down Every road has led me back around Tears will fall and scars will fade You learn to live with the mess you've made A broken road still gets ya home somehow That was then, this is now That was then, this is now Sometimes at night, my mind plays tricks on me Tells me that this dream just don't work out Haunted by a ghost that I can't see That was then, this is now World keeps spinning round and round You're either up or you're upside down Every road has led me back around Tears will fall and scars will fade You learn to live with the mess you've made A broken road still gets ya home somehow That was then, this is now That was then, this is now