Memory conveys that you were something to be 
 When you weren't held captive in an aged body 
 You had a family that needed you and job security 
 You had everything a man could ever need 
 But where did your children go? Where is your family? 
 Did they turn into the adults that you always hoped they'd 
 be? 
 Did you finally retire from that job that tortured you? 
 I thought all your dreams had come true 
 So why are you depressed when your life is at it's best 
 Is it really cause it's not what it seems? 
 Or are you unable to see that you should be happy 
 'Cause your still living in yesterday's dreams 
    Your eldest son reminds you of the way life used to be 
 When you didn't bear the chains of matrimony 
 You had no job that you hated, no responsibility 
 You were youthful and careless and free 
 And the woman you wed, she seemed better in bed 
 When there wasn't a ring on her finger 
 Yes your life seemed all right when you partied all night 
 Those days are gone, does the flavor still linger? 
 Don't tell me life would be great if you were reprobate 
 And had friends who were losers and fiends 
 You've a family a wife and a meaningful life 
 But you're still holding on to yesterdays dreams   
 Loneliness reduces you to disharmony 
 Life seems so hopeless and melancholy 
 You're still young but you can't find the strength to move on 
 Now that the woman who loves you is gone 
 Did you find she wasn't so close when you needed her most 
 Is it hard facing up to rejection? 
 You might understand that she needed a man 
 But you're still seeking maternal protection 
 Don't give up you're still young and your life's just begun 
 At every corner opportunity screams 
 Sometimes life is abrupt but it's time to grow up 
 And stop clinging to yesterday's dreams