I always go the other way   But my car drove me down today   To a little house   On the older side of town      Back when things were never hard   I used to play there in that yard   And I just drove by   To see if things had changed      Cokes were just a nickel then   And across the street at the five and ten   A lot of things   Were cheap and square and strange      And the life we had might have been   But it was one we loved believing in   And I just drove by   To see if things had changed      I wondered now   If love is still the way it was back then   I need to know   That life is still a place worth living in      There it is, just like it was   A house where there was always love   And I just drove by   To see if things had changed      In a world that's seen its better days   It's good to know some things remain the same   Though standing still   Is not time's way      Take to heart while in its spring   That love is just a fragile thing   I just drove by   To see if things had changed   Oh, I just drove by   To see if things had changed