Living in Yesterday

[Verse 1]
Living in yesterday, lonely yesterdays
I once had a friend back around 1982
I was in my 20s back then, he was about 52
Any story to tell you all about, someone that he really loved
Now the story goes something like this
Might be points that I miss, but this is how I remember it
He started to cry as he said he couldn't go on without her
She turned to him and said he'd forget her soon in the future

[Chorus]
He was living in yesterday, lonely yesterdays
He was living in yеsterday, lonely yestеrdays

[Verse 2]
He said that he loved her, she said they were through
He said "can we work it out?", she said "no, 'cause I've met somebody new"
He was living in yesterday, lonely yesterdays
He thought about her often, as the years kept passing by
And whenever he heard her name, or saw her photo
Tears would come to his eyes
He was living in yesterday, hurtful yesterdays

[Verse 3]
I read in a Sunday paper he died living alone, aged 82
And on his tombstone it said:
"Sweetheart, you said I would, but I never did forget you"
Now he's free from yesterday, pailful yesterdays
Delivered from yesterday, hurtful yesterday