Song Description

Fun, uptempo retro Country-rock with a tongue-in-cheek "woe-is-me" lyric

Lyrics

People tell me where they've been,
The wonders that they've seen, and then
When their words all fail them
"You had to be there" is what they say.

Well I have travelled far and wide
With every tour book, map and guide.
Without you there by my side every road is just an alleyway.
I saw the sunset over Monterey --
It wasn't nothin' but a muddy bay.
I Guess You Had To Be There, after all.

In Roman fountains I've tossed coins,
To me it might have been Des Moines.
Why should I go without you to join?
You're all I'd see there anyway.

I went to France and saw the Eiffel Tower,
But sweet Paree just seemed a trifle sour.
I Guess You Had To Be There, after all.

You had to be there is what they say.
It's true -- I found out when you went away.

I've given up my travelling days.
Without you all I see is haze,
And all thre sights are just different ways of saying that you're gone.

I saw a canyon 'cause they called it Grand,
It's just a hole that someone dug in the sand.
I Guess You Had To Be There,
I Guess You Had To Be There,
I Guess You Had To Be There after all