Words which are wasted, words which are weak What do we live for and what do we seek Some way to love them,and some way to speak To yesterday's people with yesterday's dreams They've lived in this world for so many years Fought in the wars but still long for peace But now they look back on what might have been For yesterday's people with yesterday's dreams Once my soul it would rise to the sound of love singing But the sounds of my childhood have long been forgotten I could dance without tiring from morning till evening But my old heart is wasted and my body grows feeble Once we were young, we too had our dreams To climb every mountain and see everything But now we grow older and colder it seems We're yesterday's people with yesterday's dreams