Yester Years

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