sweet yesterdays

all my sweet yesterdays

I can see them in my mind

all the people in my past

all the ones I've left behind

they return now and I smile

hoping they will stay a while

keeping me from being alone
coming back to take me home

lost inside of memory

I remember you back then

singing songs down at the beach

you were more than just a friend

when I heard you went away

there was nothing I could say

I could not pretend to know

tell me why you had to go

          you were falling

          and I could not see a thing

          you were falling

          and I could not see a thing

the mistakes that I have made

they come back to haunt me now

they overtake my thoughts

and I really don't know how

this is not the way it seems

they never visit in my dreams

except now they come into view

and all I really know is you

          you were falling

          and I could not see a thing

          you were falling

          and I could not see a thing

all my sweet yesterdays

I will never get my fill

I still have them in my mind

and I know I always will

and I know I always will

          

hiding place

the night is frozen

it's as still as an unknown breeze

it's what has been chosen

it'll bring you to your knees

you say "where am I?"

but you know just where you are

in the blink of an eye

in the falling of a star

          you are here

          exactly where you've been

          someday you will return

          to the hiding place again

everything is broken

nothing is the same

all these words unspoken

except the sound of your own name

you say "who am I?"

but the answer doesn't come

all you can do is try

the trial has begun

          you are here

          exactly where you've been

          someday you will return

          to the hiding place again

everything changes

let's take it day by day

minute by minute

let's look at the day

and see what's in it

it could be the future

It could be the past

all I know is

it will not last

           because everything changes

           no one is to blame

           everything changes

           nothing stays the same

for my own behalf

I never have been listened to 

in all my days on earth

everybody thinks they know 

what's best for me

they tell me that I'm always wrong 

and that I have no worth

they see my faults

but they don't know the rest of me

and that is why 

I'm leaving town today

one last goodbye 

and I'll be on my way

          I'm going where I can be alone

          with no one else around

          somewhere I can walk on my own path

          I'm going to find my own way home

          where I can hear the sound

          of my thoughts all for my own behalf

take me home

I just wanted to make magic

like the ones before me did

imitating others

because I was just a kid

I was learning from my elders

polishing my craft

going higher and higher

for my own behalf

          take me home

          I want to feel that feeling again

          take me home

          somewhere I don't have to pretend

          I've had my adventures

          out in the great unknown

          all I need from you

          is for you to take me home

somebody new

I don't want to be someone else

but I don't want to be myself

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

someone with no future

someone with no past

someone with something that will always last

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

          I'm tired of the same old same old

          I'm tired of the same old thing

          I'm tired of everybody

          I'm tired of everything

don't tell me I just need to calm down

I need somebody else around

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

give me a reason and a bottle of wine

I need some hope in this life of mine

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

          I'm tired of the life I'm living

          I'm tired of the things I do

          I'm tired of this world around me

          I'm tired of you

I'm gonna take a look around me

I'm glad dissatisfaction has found me

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

I'm not the man that you've always known

I'm looking for a brand new home

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

somebody new

I keep dreaming

I need to dream

it's a problem I have

because no matter where I am

I can't be satisfied

I just can't help it

I need it so bad

it's a feeling inside me

that cannot be denied

          so I keep dreaming

          like a natural born fool

          I don't know what else to do

          'cause my dreams 

          always lead me back 

          to you