His mama told him "someday you will be a man And you will be the leader of a big old band Many people coming from miles around To hear your playing music when the sun goes down Maybe someday you name will be in lights saying "Johnny B. Good tonight" Deep

When you go And would you even turn to say I don't love you like I did yesterday I don't love you like I loved you yesterday Well, when you go So never think I'll make you try to stay And maybe when you get back I'll be off to find another way When after

We are the kids from yesterday When we were young we used to say That you only hear the music when your heart begins to break Now we are the kids from yesterday 'Cause you wanna live forever in the lights you make And now this could be the last of all

I took a heavenly ride through our silence Where were you when I was burned and broken While the days slipped by from my window watching And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless 'Cause the things you say and the things you do surround me

We are the kids from yesterday When we were young we used to say That you only hear the music when your heart begins to break Now we are the kids from yesterday 'Cause you wanna live forever in the lights you make And now this could be the last of all

So let me restart What do you want from me when I just wanna restart You keep coming back for me when you're the one who tore us apart And the truth is I'm better on my own And I don't want to live in the past It was a Monday night when you told me it

In the city I know there must be somethin' better In the city, oh, oh. Somewhere out there on that horizon Out beyond the neon lights But there's nowhere else in sight It's survival in the city When you live from day to day City streets don't have much