You got me runnin', you got me runnin' Oh no no never thought I'd feel so low But I ain't gonna hide And yesterday everything seemed okay Yeah you better run and hide away Oh you better hide Let me through don't spoil my view I gotta get away, away from

Now I'm way down, I'm way down Yes I'm way down, I'm way down I'm so down I'm reading yesterdays news I'm way, way, way down I've got something to tell you

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

Wild side, wild side Kneel down ye sinners to Streetwise religion Greed's been crowned the new King Hollywood dream teens Yesterday's trash queens Save the blessings for the final ring Amen! I carry my crucifix

Doing alright Yesterday my life was in ruin Gotta feeling, I should be doing alright Should be waiting for the sun Now today I know what I'm doing Where will I be this time tomorrow Jumped in joy or sinking in sorrow Anyway, I should be doing alright

I am searching for the answers And I look around I'm dreaming about tomorrow I'm thinking of yesterday I consume myself in sorrow This moment in time Is what I betray Sometimes I get sad

I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now All I know since yesterday is everything has changed 'Cause all I know is we said hello And your eyes look like coming home All I know is a simple name, everything has changed You'll be

I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now All I know since yesterday is everything has changed I just want to know you, know you, know you All I know is a simple name, everything has changed You'll be mine and I'll be yours

Has nobody asked you how you are? You look like you might not last the day I wouldn't have made it very far So we'd make a good team right away I've not made amends for yesterday My lip won't get me out of it Waking up dreading hearing tales Of all of my

Yesterday is dead and gone Shaking the cage Heed our war cry Let there be no doubt This is reckoning day Rattling the chains We want out We are standing in the flames Reaching for the sky