Your everlasting summer    You can see it fading fast    So you grab a piece of something    That you think is gonna last    You wouldn't know a diamond    If you held it in your hand    The things you think are precious    I can't understand       CHORUS:    Are you Reelin' In The Years?    Stowin' away the time    Are you gatherin' up the tears?    Have you had enough of mine?      You been tellin' me you're a genius    Since you were seventeen    In all the time I've known you    I still don't know what you mean    The weekend at the college    Didn't turn out like you planned    The things that pass for knowledge    I can't understand       CHORUS       I spend a lot of money    And I spent a lot of time    The trip we made in Hollywood    Is etched upon my mind    After all the things we've done and seen    You find another man    The things you think are useless    I can't understand       CHORUS