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   Your 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