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