The days are tense and the nights are long The times are gone when we got along What about mediation? What happened to the middle ground? Let's take things back to like when we met It's time to get way on down Let's go back a little I wanna feel like way back when Let's hold back a little Let's make things good again Take things back Take things back Been going on for quite some time Dealing with the mess around Life's too short and we're too good To let each other down We need conciliation We need love to abound Like years ago Way back when Get back to the higher ground Let's go back a little I wanna feel like way back when Let's hold back a little Let's make things good again Take things back Take things back Let's go back a little I wanna feel like way back when Let's hold back a little Let's make things good again Take things back Oh-oh Take things back Hey, let's hold back a little Take things back Like they used to be Take things back Oh baby, oh yeah Take things back