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Artist: Zach Ashton
Canonical path: /zach-ashton/once-i-was
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Once I Was
Read Once I Was lyrics by Zach Ashton on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Once I Was
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Once I was a soldier with a gun in a country far from home in the night
Once I was a cowboy on the run
Money for my life dead or alive
Show me the life that's good
Make it a life worth living
I used to take it all
But now is the time for giving
Once I was a captain lost at sea
My treasures drowning me, like a stone
Once I was a gypsy with a guitar
I never got too far, but I never tried
Show me the life that's good
Make it a life worth living
I used to take it all
But now is the time for giving
You could say I've lived everything before
But I've never been to a place like this
You could say I've lived a thousand years or more
But I've never felt quite like this
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Zach Ashton performs "Once I Was", and this lyric page sits inside the Zach Ashton catalog on LyroVerse.
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