Karaoké Past Is Catching Up to Me Gatsby le Magnifique (comédie musicale) (Jeremy Jordan)

It was under a willow tree five years ago in Louisville

I danced with Daisy in my arms and time stood still

It was clear she had her pick of any man in uniform

She kissed me and swore she'd never stray

But then the world got in the way

Fought a war, returned to see another fight in front of me

And now I must remind her of the love we left behind

Her words that night

The vow she said back then

I'll help her say again

One party left to throw

How could she say no

We'll go back to that kiss

To that row of willow trees

All the years that we missed will blow away with the breeze

They say you can't relive the past but you know what I see

Finally the past is catchin' up to me

Some will shudder at what I've done or say that I have crossed a line

I tell you every lavish night was by design

How to become the man her world demanded me to be

With only a nickel to my name

I bet it all to get in the game

Had a past to rectify

Made that nickel multiply

It took no time to love her

Just to be worthy of her

And though the years have passed us by one memory survives

If she could see it too but see it through my eyes

We'll go back to that kiss

To that row of willow trees

All the years that we missed will blow away with the breeze

They say you can't relive the past but you know what I see

Finally the past is catchin' up to me

Daisy always saw in me a man who knew his worth

Now that man can give her everything on Earth

Money can't buy happiness

No sir

But it brings you closer and closer and closer

Take her back to that kiss

To that row of willow trees

All the years that we missed will blow away with the breeze

They say you can't relive the past but I know what I see

And oh ho finally the past

Finally the past

Finally the past is catchin' up to me