before caring got bored

it's that the key (and 88 links {and even more references to songs and people and experiences and events and so on and so forth and you know the rest} could easily be placed right here said the piano man), when the caring was real, before it got bored, there was no need for a god or a lord, when caring was real, before love was a prize, there was no need to close your eyes... when caring was real, there was no fear or shame, love was not a negotiation or game, when caring was real, before it got bored, caring was valued and never ignored... so much is forgotten, so much is ignored, so much was lost when caring got bored...