Pipe Dream - The Man I Used to Be Lyrics

1955 Broadway
Pipe Dream the Musical - The Man I Used to Be Lyrics

The song was written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II.

DOC:
You've changed, bub,
You've changed alot
And the gang you used to go with all concur.
"You've changed, bub,
You're not yourself
If this is yourself,
You're not the man you were!"

(Refrain)
The man I used to be,
A happy man was he
And aimless as a leaf in a gale.
What ever has become of that light-hearted bum
Who thought he had the world by the tail?

The man I used to be,
His life was gay and free
And aimless as a cloud in the sky,
He thought he knew the game,
Then along came a dame
Who turned him into some other guy.

I've got ambition now,
I've got a mission, now
I aim to reach the top of the tree.
That other fly by night
Who flew so high by night,
Has vanished like a sail on the sea.

And I'll never find that easy living,
Easy taking,
Easy-giving fellow that I used to call me,
You can never find
The man you used to be.

You can never find
The man you used to be.

Pipe Dream the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
All Kinds of People
The Tide Pool
Everybody's Got a Home but Me
A Lopsided Bus
Bums' Opera
The Man I Used to Be
Sweet Thursday
Suzy Is a Good Thing
All at Once You Love Her
The Happiest House on the Block
The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow Night
Will You Marry Me
Thinkin'
How Long?
The Next Time It Happens