I Long For Yesterday
I miss the days of youth and innocence
When everything still smelled brand new
When being in love was so intoxicating
Every day was fresh cut grass and dew
Stress ran off like summer springs
Life came hard but we came harder
No matter what it seemed to deal us
We took it to the table to barter
We were resilient with health and strength
Whatever came, we rose to the occasion
We were invincible and life unconquerable
Until the years started their own invasion
Nothing is as clear and bright as it was
Our emotions may engage without reason
We can injure ourselves with just a move
Our bones and body now guilty of treason
Sleep and sex become a hit or miss affair
And that new car smell is long gone
And now all I do is long for yesterday
You’d think someone would write that song
Wait! What?