The evening's laughter's reached an ebb

You find yourself trapped in a web of rapt attention

Requests for songs ring out, the same old tunes

Demanded by convention

You shy away but not for long, they all begin to sing the songs

You're known to play, tunes from yesterday

You yield to pressure from the crowd, you try but you can't play out loud

Your lungs, they seem to disobey you

Please find the strength to play us just one more

We'd love to hear you

These songs at length, we've heard so long before

We'd love to hear you play

Your face turns red, you sip your drink

And for a moment, start to think about the times it all came easy

The worn out stages you once played, the lifelong friends

You thought you made, those times were crazy

The songs that you don't recognize that lighten up your children's eyes

Will soon appear to be a souvenir of times like this when you would play

Our favorite songs from yesterday, so once again

Can we just hear you?

Please find the strength to play us just one more

We'd love to hear you

These songs at length, we've heard so long before

We'd love to hear you