Souvenir

Souvenirs of pioneers Proof that the West was won These rotten beams will tumble down Replaced by the newer ones Weren't we fine gunfighters in another time? Were we celebrated writers after the war? After the war And history repeats itself But I don't know what for I've got all these souvenirs But I can't seem to find you anymore Souvenir (now you're gone, now you're gone) You were here (I'm movin' on, I'm movin' on) How does it feel (after I'm gone) To be the ghost in the picture as it disappears? Souvenir Souvenirs of privateers Our black flag in the sun Was taken down and passed around And put in a museum Weren't we fat cat tycoons of the gilded age In flower children costumes in the bay And high as a summer day? And history repeats itself But I don't know what for I've got all these souvenirs But I can't seem to find you anymore Souvenir (now you're gone, now you're gone) You were here (I'm movin' on, I'm movin' on) How does it feel (after I'm gone) To be the ghost in the picture as it disappears? Our past is a foreign country The neighborhoods have changed I was the fool who got lucky You were the fool who flew straight Souvenir (now you're gone, now you're gone) You were here (I'm movin' on, I'm movin' on) How does it feel (after I'm gone) To be the ghost in the picture as it disappears? Souvenir Our past is a foreign country Our neighborhoods have changed And I was the fool who got lucky You were the fool who flew straight