Under the stars on Brighton Beach Seems like only yesterday I remember when you were only seventeen You were the finest girl that my eyes had ever seen I guess you found it hard to simply just ignore This scruffy beat up working class teenage troubadour

Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don't know The bad things in life were so few Sometimes I get to feelin' I was back in the old days, long ago When we were kids, when we were young Things seemed so perfect, you know? The days were endless, we were

All the wasted words I said In all the cities that I left The last act of our precious play Must not close with regret (regret) All the wasted words There are days when sorrow seems never-ending Like the countless roads upon which I've driven The price

I question all the voices in my head Are they mine or have I been misled? Total understanding doesn't seem to mean a thing When you can't see behind the silver screen, a figurine Can't you hear me scream? It seems I should have walked away Reverse the

Born to lose and now I'm losing you Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain Every dream has only brought me pain All my life I've always been so blue Born to lose, it seems so hard to bear When I wake and find that you're not there You've grown tired

Feelings are strange Especially when they come true And I had a feeling You'd be leaving soon So I tried to rearrange All my emotions But it seems the same No matter what I do.

Seems like a dream They got me hypnotized Got me hypnotized It's the same kind of story That seems to come down from long ago Two friends having coffee together When something flies by their window It might be out on that lawn Which is wide, at least

What do I do when lightning strikes me What have I got to do to be heard It's sad, so sad What have I got to do What have I got to do to make you love me What have I got to do to make you care And I wake to find that you're not there What do I do to make

Well, it seems like, total destruction the only solution There ain't no use, no one can stop them now Check out the real situation Nation war against nation Where did it all begin? When will it end? And there ain't no use no one can stop them now Ain't

And my eyes get full of tears When my heart get to beating like a hammer Oh, when my heart get to beating like a hammer Well, you only been gone twenty-four hours, baby Oh, but it seems like, it seems like a million years Well, if I ever mistreated you,