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Yesterday Men
 
Standing in the dark waiting for someone to see
If only they had the breaks I wonder where they'd be?
They missed their chances a long long time ago
Exactly what they lost nobody will know.
 
Because they're yesterday men nobody wants to know
About those yesterday men nowhere else left to go.
 
Walking down the street, people used to know their name
Now they're only faces, there's no-one else to blame
They could have been household names, but that was before
Now there's no hope for them, 'cause someone's closed the door.
 
To all those yesterday men nobody wants to know
Too many yesterday men nowhere else left to go.
Yesterday men going nowhere
Yesterday men...no, to nowhere
They're trying so hard to get back where they think they belong.
 
Now they're getting old, they all seem to think the same
If only they had the chance, they'd do it all again
But they're only kidding themselves, they never really won
Where would we all be now if the time had come?
 
For all those yesterday men, nobody wants to know
About those yesterday men, nowhere else left to go.
Yesterday men going nowhere
Yesterday men...no, to nowhere
They're trying so hard to get back where they think they belong.
 
Where are those yesterday men nobody wants to know?
About those yesterday men nowhere else left to go.
 
Where are those yesterday men nobody wants to know ?
About those yesterday men nowhere else left to go.
 
Where are those yesterday men nobody wants to know
About those yesterday men nowhere else left to go.
 
Too many yesterday men nobody wants to know
About those yesterday men nowhere else left to go.
 
Oh-oh-oh yesterday.
 
Words and music by Martin John Burton.  Published by Prism Music/Second Attempt Music.  1987.