Winter time was yesterday   a place not far from here   Spring just walked away   and summer's end is drawing near   I look back when we talked of now   it seems so far away   Things work out in ways   we can't predict from day to day      Take me to a place that I'll stay      I know now why I feel all right   To look back on before   seemed to be on course   for what I knew would be in store   I laugh when I remember things   I know I'll laugh again   nothing's really changed   from how we did things even then      Chorus      Oh take me to a place   not far from here   A place that helped to make   it all so clear   I know it's where I'll go   when day's run into years   Take me to a place, so near      We used to watch the paint just fall away   and make our breaks on paper trays   Sing a tune about another day   the day has changed, but other things still stay      Oh take me to a place   not far from here   A place that helped to make   it all so clear   I know it's where I'll go   when day's run into years   Take me to a place, so near      I look back when we talked of now   A place not far from here   I know that I'll be waiting there      A place so near