THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO
From the film "Tough Guys" (1986)
(Burt Bacharach / Carole Bayer Sager)

Kenny Rogers - 1986


They don't make them like they used to

They don’t make ‘em like they used to, those guys
And I can’t get used to the way that it is today
No one to look up to, hard times, and though I try
I just can’t find the reason these days
And it seems like the seasons are passing me
They’re going by, nothing to hold on to, rough times.

And it goes on, so count on me, and I’ll count on you
You can lean on me, two of us stronger
We won’t be alone any longer
Now and for always we will be good friends
Count on me, into any storm, we’re gonna survive it
Into any fire, , we’ll carry on.

Know that one day you and me will both be old friends
And we’ll sit on the sofa and talk about how
They don’t make ‘em like they used to, you’ll see
As time goes on, so count on me, and I’ll count on you
In a world like this, when nothing’s sure
And people are afraid, I’ll be here for …
Now and for always we will be good friends
Count on me, they don’t make it now like they used to
They’re not gonna last like you and me, I’ll be there.

Oh, always we will be, year by year
Depend on me, into any storm, we’re gonna survive it
Into any fire, just count on me, I’ll be there
Oh, tough guys, you and me, year by year
They will see, they don’t make it now like they used to
They’re not gonna last like you and me ….