Souvenir (v.)

[Verse 1]
Souvenirs of pioneers
Proof that the West was won
These rotten beams will tumble down
Replaced by the newer ones
Weren't we fine gunfighters in another time?
Celebrated writers in Paris after the war?

[Pre-Chorus]
History repeats itself
But I don't know what for
I got all these souvenirs
But I can't seem to find you anymore

[Chorus]
Souvenir
You were here
Now you're gone and I'm moving on
How does it feel to be the ghost in the pictures

[Verse 2]
Souvenirs of privateers
Our black flag in the sun
Was taken down, then passed around
And put in a museum

[Verse 3]
Weren't we fat cat tycoons in the Gilded Age?
In flower children costumes high on San Francisco Bay?

[Pre-Chorus]
History repeats itself
But I don't know what for
I got all these souvenirs
But I can't seem to find you anymore

[Chorus]
Souvenir
You were here
Now you're gone and I'm moving on
How does it feel to be the ghost in the pictures

[Post-Chorus]
Time is a foreign country
The neighborhood has changed
I was the fool who got lucky
You were the fool who flew straight