That Was Yesterday

he was once bitten twice shy;

he was that type of guy

an honest man no doubt with much to be honest about

but he laughed as he danced as if turned inside out

he says: the injured have their reasons not to hear the word no

they skirt the action and the has beens

the sour, sour pussies and the glamour queens

they say: i'll find you baby, i'll find you

even when i cant' face to turn the lights

down low and dream

'cause that was yesterday

that was someone who lived inside yesterday as if

yesterday was the only place he knew

she was ten times shy she'd known the kind of guy

who could undress her slowly only with their eyes

and wish the million miles between their places

she said: i like your eyes they're like headlights in the rain,

what are you doing tonight, won't you tell me your name?

we could go down to the piazza of tiny feet

amid the cheap perfume and the cigarette smoke

and the vials and pills for no specific ills

but without them you feel like you'd choke

on the blackness and waste of your heart

but that was yesterday that was someone who lived

inside yesterday like yesterday's the only place he knew

that was yesterday

when i was someone who

lived in yesterday

as if yesterday's the only thing he knew

i wanted yesterday

like i wanted to

live inside yesterday

it was the only place reminded me of you

we wanted yesterday

we still want yesterday

but now

somehow

we want tomorrow too