Then Was Then and Now is Now
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Cy Coleman |
| Lyricist | Peggy Lee |
| Year Written | ca. 1964 |
| About Then Was Then And Now Is Now | |
| Peggy Lee and Cy Coleman wrote this song together; Peggy Lee released it on an album of the same name in 1965. | |
Lyrics
Then was then
And now is now
Don’t look back
You can’t look back somehow
Sweet was sweet
But not so bitter now
Then was then
And now is now
You forgive
And I will too
Let’s forget
Unhappy times we knew
We’ll come out
All shiny, bright and new
Then was then
And now is now
Now, now we can win
No matter what might have been
Now we can begin again
For then was then
And now is now
Session / Album Information
1965
“Then Was Then and Now is Now” was recorded on February 18, 1965 and released in 1965 on the album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set. It was arranged by Don Costa.
This recording released on:
- 1965: CL 2343 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
- 1965: CS 9143 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
- 1974: Embassy LP 12″: EMB 31058 — If I Ruled the World [UK]
- 1975: Columbia LP 12″: KG 33376 — Let’s Fall In Love With The Songs Of Harold Arlen And Cy Coleman
- 1997: CK 65317 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
- 2011: Disc #31 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK30) If I Ruled The World: Songs for the Jet Set