Here in Yesterday

Today, I'm here in Yesterday

Where all they ever do is stay

Stay in their house, stay in their car

Stay at their job, they never go far

 

In steel cages, they crawl

Along paved paths to it all 

But "it all" is just a nine to five

That pays the bills, so on they drive

 

Here, in Yesterday, I'm content

To watch the world with no intent

No passion, no drive, no foolish dreams

Just stale jokes and tired routines 

 

Tomorrow, I'll head back to Today

Where all I ever do is say

"I'm going places, wait and see"

"Someday I'll make sure we're all free" 

 

I'll work and not sleep

I'll dream and not eat

I'll leave Yesterday in shock

As I climb to the top

 

There, in Today, I feel alive

The thrill of it all, in it I thrive

Changes and newness and scary things 

That steal my breath and give me wings

 

One of these days, I'll find Tomorrow

Where not a soul will sit in sorrow

Where everyone will believe in me

And every eye will finally see

 

Every being will have "it all"

No one will have to take the fall

Every heart will have what it takes

And not one dream will lose its stakes

 

There, in Tomorrow, who knows what we'll find

I can't say, nor can you, so never mind

But I won't quit dreaming, here in Today

And I'll never let go of my worn out Yesterday