SEEMS THE LOVE
I'VE KNOWN
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
MOST DESTRUCTIVE KIND
GUESS THAT'S WHY
NOW
I FEEL SO OLD
BEFORE MY TIME
YESTERDAY
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
THE TASTE OF LIFE
WAS SWEET
AS RAIN
UPON MY TONGUE
I TEASED AT LIFE
AS IF IT WERE A
FOOLISH GAME
THE WAY THE
EVENING BREEZE MAY
TEASE A CANDLE FLAME
A THOUSAND DREAMS
I DREAMED
THE SPLENDID THINGS
I PLANNED
I ALWAYS BUILT TO LAST
ON WEAKENED
SHIFTING SAND
I LIVE BY NIGHT
AND SHUN THE
NAKED LIGHT OF DAY
AND ONLY NOW I SEE
HOW THE YEARS
RAN AWAY
YESTERDAY
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
SO MANY HAPPY SONGS
WERE WAITING
TO BE SUNG
SO MANY WILD
PLEASURES
LAY IN STORE FOR ME
AND SO MUCH PAIN
MY DAZZLED EYES
REFUSED TO SEE
I RAN SO FAST
THAT TIME
AND YOUTH AT LAST
RAN OUT
I NEVER STOPPED
TO THINK
WHAT LIFE WAS
ALL ABOUT
AND EVERY
CONVERSATION
I CAN NOW RECALL
CONCERNS ITSELF
WITH ME
AND NOTHING ELSE
AT ALL
YESTERDAY
THE MOON WAS BLUE
AND EVERY CRAZY DAY
BROUGHT SOMETHING
NEW TO DO
I USED MY MAGIC AGE
AS IF IT WERE A WAND
AND NEVER SAW
THE WASTE
AND EMPTINESS BEYOND
THE GAME OF LOVE
I PLAYED
WITH ARROGANCE
AND PRIDE
AND EVERY FLAME I LIT
TOO QUICKLY
QUICKLY DIED
THE FRIENDS I MADE
ALL SEEMED
SOMEHOW
TO DRIFT AWAY
AND ONLY I AM LEFT
ON STAGE TO END
THE PLAY
THERE ARE SO
MANY SONGS
IN ME THAT WON'T
BE SUNG
I FEEL THE
BITTER TASTE
OF TEARS UPON
MY TONGUE
THE TIME HAS COME
FOR ME
TO PAY FOR YESTERDAY
WHEN I WAS YOUNG