Lyrics
She is attracted to see what's in store for her. Taking the bait and paying the price, she sees a time filled with fright. It is not at all what she dreams. Exploring her options, she makes changes as needed. One who heeded what she saw.
"The Future"
( Lyrics: C. Webster, M. Novak, Music - M. Novak)
She passed the shop many times before but this time she walked through the door
Surprised by what she sees inside the shop keeper offers to be her guide
“You can go forward or back in time and what you will see is a paradigm.”
She always wondered what her life would be that’s part of human curiosity
CHORUS:
The future is never what you think
The future will change in a blink
The future is full of surprises
The future is filled with compromises
She’s content with her current life she tried to be the perfect wife
The price was well within her means would her future be what she dreams
Her date chosen 20 years from today but from what she sees she feels betrayed
Surroundings are foreign is this real what she sees has no appeal
CHORUS:
The future is never what you think
The future will change in a blink
The future is full of surprises
The future is filled with compromises
She sees a house in disrepair it’s unlike her to not care
She wonders who this is that shares her bed and why was it that they were wed
Who are these little ones that wander about could they be hers - it leaves little doubt
She’s not in New York like she used to be the landscape is barren for want of a tree
CHORUS:
The future is never what you think
The future will change in a blink
The future is full of surprises
The future is filled with compromises
Upon returning she’s filled with fear knowing what she saw could be so near
She asks the time keeper is this future certain or can I change what’s behind the curtain
He says the future that you see is only what could be
The life choices that you now make are promises you should not break