Why make the past your sacred cow? Why guess you've changed? You've changed and how Yeah, yeah, yeah Fruit's grown rotten on the bough Reap what you sow, with a counterfeit plough Yeah, yeah, yeah That was then, but this is now That was then, but this is now More sacrifices than an Aztec priest Standing here straining at that leash All fall down Can't complain, mustn't grumble Help yourself to another piece of apple, crumble And consequently Hearts of oak are charged and blistered Russians should be baby sitted Americans enlisted, hey That was then, but this is now That was then, but this is now That was then, but this is now That was then, but this is now That was then, that was then, but this is now That was then, that was then, but this is now That was then, that was then, but this is now That was then, that was then, but this is now