The past is never past   Just residue in a glass    Of hours of sand at the old man's hand   The past is never past      Take me away   Take me away, again   Take me away   Take me away, again      The past is never past   and beauty will not last   But the skeletons and Ghosts that the memory holds   Remain the same, that's the old man's game      The past is never past   The past is never past      Take me away   Take me away, again   Take me away   Take me away, again      The past is never past (Take me away)   Just residue in a glass (Take me away )   Of hours of sand at the old man's hand (Take me away)   The past is never past (take me away)      The past is never past (Take me away)   The past is never past (Take me away, again)