I see the face of yesterday’s child,
Living in a state of in between.
Is there a place for yesterday’s child,
Searching for an unforgotten dream?

Looking for rainbows at midnight,
Hoping tomorrow will come.
Will time erase for yesterday’s child?
What will the child become?

I hear the voice of yesterday’s child
Echoing my name, my name, my name.
Is there a choice for yesterday’s child,
Seeking shelter from the falling rain?

Chasing a butterfly lover,
Making a run for the sun.
Who will rejoice for yesterday’s child?
What is the game to be won?
Will you draw?
Will you fold?
Will you start playing wild?
What is the future for yesterday’s child?
Will you turn to dust,
Or go to the sea, racing with destiny?
Oh,look at me,
Born to be yesterday’s child.

I heard she loved you, I heard she cared,
I heard she miscarried and you were scared.

Did you run from the one,
Who conceived your child?
Yesterday’s gone there’s no return,
And she cries all night.

Did you run from the one
Who conceived your child?
Yesterday’s done there’s no return,
And she cries all night.
Solo.

I believe that a woman can be a slave to a man.
I believe that love that you gave and we try it again.

Will you return to the one,
Who conceived your child?
Yesterday’s gone there’s no return,
And she cries all night.

Will you return to the one,
Who conceived your child?
Yesterday’s done there’s no return,
And she cries all night.

Did you run from the one,
Who conceived your child?
Yesterday’s gone there’s no return,
And she cries all night

Look at the priest and the blood and the fire??
Weighted down with metal, I wonder why?
Haven’t we moved further in time
Haven’t we advanced along the line

Yesterday is gone
Yesterday is gone
Let it fade away
Blind chances of destiny

Yesterday is gone
Yesterday is gone
Let it fade away
Blind chances of destiny

Isn’t it the scheme of love to take
Wouldn’t my life remain the same
Wonder if my God could take the blame
Time’s the only voodoo dreams can change

Yesterday is gone
Yesterday is gone
Let it fade away
Blind chances of destiny

Yesterday is gone
Yesterday is gone
Let it fade away
Blind chances of destiny

Let your mind go free

Yesterday is gone
Yesterday is gone
Let it fade away
Blind chances of destiny

Yesterday is gone
Yesterday is gone
Let it fade away
Blind chances of destiny

For all of my good intentions
Heartfelt every one
I’ve left so much love unspoken
So much of life I’ve left undone

I could’ve made a difference
I just never made the time
Now yesterday’s gone forever
And today ain’t far behind

Should’ve taken that job in Dallas
Or the one in San Antone
Should’ve left that girl in the city
And married the one back home

I’d love to run back through the years
To tell her I was blind
But yesterday’s gone forever
And today ain’t far behind

Let go
Got to let it go
Wishing wouldn’t change it anyhow
I know
I got to let ’em know
All I can ever hope to change is here and now

So when I wake up tomorrow mornin’
Gonna finally make the time
Tell some people how much I love them
And that I’ve made up my mind

To make the most of every moment
Really live while I’m alive
‘Cause yesterday’s gone forever
And today ain’t far behind

Yesterday’s gone forever
And today ain’t far behind

I wrote a letter yesterday
Just trying to explain
Couldn’t find the words to say
Cause you are so far away, so far away

I wrote a letter yesterday
It’s so hard for me to face
That it had to end this way
But my love will never change, will never change

When I search my soul to find the truth
About the love we shared
I wonder why you’re no longer here

You can just walk away
But I don’t feel the same
My heart still beats for you
Craves for you
Sings for you
And those feelings will never fade
I can’t hide my pain
I can never hide the way I feel for you

I’ve been talking in my sleep
About the way it used to be
Girl I pray that you hear me
Then I’ll see you in my dreams
Oh, in my dreams

Well I can’t forget the words you said
To pull away from my life
And no matter what I’ll carry you inside

You can just walk away
But I don’t feel the same
My heart still beats for you, breaks for you, sinks for you
And those feelings will never fade
I can’t hide my pain
I can never hide the way I feel for you

Sooner or later your gonna realize
That this type of love happens once in your life
So open your eyes girl
And see what we could be

You can just walk away
But I don’t feel the same
My heart still beats for you, breaks for you, sinks for you
And those feelings will never fade
I can’t hide my pain
I can never hide the way I feel for you

You can just walk away
But I don’t feel the same
My heart still beats for you, breaks for you, sinks for you
And those feelings will never fade
I can’t hide my pain
I can never hide the way I feel for you

Yesterday I heard the rain,
whispering your name,
asking where you’d gone . . .

It fell softly from the clouds
on the silent crowds,
as I wandered on . . .

Out of doorways
black umbrellas came to pursue me,
Faceless people as they passed
were looking through me,
no one knew me . . .

Yesterday I shut my eyes,
face-up to the skies,
drinkin’ in the rain . . .

But your image still was there
floating in the air,
brighter than a flame . . .

Yesterday I saw a city,
full of shadows without pity,
and I heard the steady rain,
whispering your name,
Whispering your name . . .

< instrumental break >

Yesterday I saw a city,
full of shadows without pity,
and I heard the steady rain,
whispering your name,
whispering your name,
whispering your name . . .

Music by Canache Armando Manzanero
with English lyrics by Gene Lees

If you want money in your pocket
and a top hat on your head
a hot meal on your table
and a blanket on your bed
well today is grey skies
tomorrow is tears
you’ll have to wait til yesterday is here
Well I’m going to New York City
and I’m leaving on a train
and if you want to stay behind and
wait til I come back again
well today is grey skies
tomorrow is tears
you’ll have to wait til yesterday is here
If you want to go
where the rainbows end
you’ll have to say goodbye
all our dreams come true
baby up ahead
and it’s out where your memories lie
well the road’s out before me
and the moon is shining bright
what I want you to remember
as I disappear tonight
today is grey skies
tomorrow’s tears
you’ll have to wait til yesterday is here

When I was young

I’d listened to the radio

Waitin’ for my favorite songs

Waiting they played I’d sing along

It made me smile



Those were such happy times

And not so long ago

How I wondered where they’d gone

But they’re back again

Just like a long lost friend

All the songs I loved so well



(*) Every Sha-la-la-la

Every Wo-wo-wo

Still shines

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling

That they’re starting to sing’s

So fine



When they get to the part

Where he’s breakin’ her heart

It can really make me cry

Just like before

It’s yesterday once more



Lookin’ back on how it was

In years gone by

And the good times that I had

Makes today seem rather sad

So much has changed



It was songs of love that

I would sing to then

And I’d memorize each word

Those old melodies

Still sound so good to me

As they melt the years away



Repeat (*)



All my best memories

Come back clearly to me

Some can even make me cry

Just like before

It’s yesterday once more



Repeat (*)

Spoken : Somehow, it seems the love I knew was always the most destructive kind

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 the candle flame

The thousand dreams I dreamed
The splendid things I planned
I always built to last on weak and shifting sand
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
And only now I see how the time ran away

Yesterday when I was young
So many lovely songs were waiting to be sung
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my 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 that I can now recall
Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all

The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died
The friends I made all somehow seemed to slip away
And only now I’m left alone to end the play, yeah

Oh, yesterday when I was young
So many, many songs were waiting to be sung
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my eyes refused to see
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

Yesterday, there was a change somewhere on your face
‘Cause yesterday you went looking for
Another warm thing to take his place
Now I’m not trying to tell you that
You have no choices to be weighed
But you’ve got to believe in faith-healing
‘Casue everyone’s afraid

Yesterday, you stopped crying
Yesterday your old friend just walked on by
The friend that used to wake you up and
Make you think the world was going to end
Your old friend


I’m sure you know
The old love is ugly now
But no one wants to turn away
From something they think is still allowed
It’s clear, that what you’re thinking is
How many perfect loves are made
But you’ve got to believe in faith-healing
Cause everyone’s afraid


Yesterday, you stopped, stopped crying
Yesterday your old friend walked on by
Yesterday, you stopped, stopped crying
Yesterday your old friend walked on by