Yesteryears

A lonely bench in a park so crowded The autumn leaves, by and by they fall A flicker in your desolate soul As you stare down at your shoes At you a memory stabs A nagging feeling of disposition How many years have come and passed? And yet here you are again Alone by the Cupid fountain Waiting for something to change the world from stalling Just open your eyes That's all you've gotta do to make it all simple Give life another chance And please don't give in 'Cause you know you've gotta make it to the other side of the fence Where you can see the green fields of paradise She'd say hey and laugh, a friendly punch to the shoulder Now he doesn't even know your name She'd smile and wave, help with the homework the other day Now she's gone so far away While you sit here waiting day after day The lonely bench, the empty crowd The fall, just another reminder The song is gone like the dew of the early morn Like the childhood of the early dawn Just open your eyes That's all you've gotta do to make it all simple Give life another chance And please don't give in 'Cause you know you've gotta make it to the other side of the fence Yeah! The wait is the same, year after year The dismal wait, the parking bench The broken Cupid fountain The fallen leaves withered away Like your thoughts going astray Not the summer back in the day Not that summer back in the day The childish pranks and the merry games Now they've found a way, climbed up to a fame Lost what once meant the world to them, yeah And yet you'll wait the day to see That you live to search for a sail A sail of hope to take you away Just open your eyes That's all you've gotta do to make it all simple Give life another chance And please don't give in 'Cause you know you've gotta make it to the other side of the fence Hey! Yeah! To the other side of the fence