Recapture the thrill   of yesterday...   No, you never will,   try as you may...      You're passing by a race and just by chance you happen to drop in for a moment   or two...Yeah   You know the kind of thing,'cause every now and then you must have had it happen   to you...Yeah   When just by coincidence,   things at the time   know you'll find   You meet a girl and fall in love   Chase a wife   You dance the night away...   The girl begs you,   "Please, please, please stay."   Never try to      recapture the thrill   of yesterday...   No, you never will,   try as you may...      With the passing time,the memory in your mind will give a false sense of   elation...   You wish to go but know you must return and finally yield to   temptation...   When you arrive,   you can't believe   but for the name,   the place is the same   The floor is empty   and the whole mood has changed   You spend the night alone...   Sadly, you make your way home   But everybody tries to      recapture the thrill   of yesterday...   Yesterday   No, they never will,   try as they may      You see them walking 'round, their heads are hanging down,their sad faces show   disillusion...   The things they knew before are not here anymore; they can't understand their   confusion...   The pity fools   who never learn   they just don't belong   They still...hold on   The day of spender is a nostalgic song   opening a final dream   Nothing but time in between   Forever trying to      recapture the thrill   of yesterday...   Oh, why don't they understand?   No, they never will,   try as they may   You've got to hear me, people   It's too late   Recapture the thrill   You found uncertainty