WHERE IS YESTERDAY

I RECALL MY CHILDHOOD VAGUELY 
BEING IN A HURRY TO GROW UP
AND ABANDON PUBERTY,
O HOW I MISSED ME.

BECAUSE BEING GROWN 
SEEMED SUCH FUN,
IN AN INSTANT,
MY CHILDHOOD WAS GONE,
O HOW I MISSED ME.

BUT AS A CHILD,
IT COST ME NOTHING, 
TO DANCE IN THE RAIN, 
BUILD CASTLES IN THE SAND,
OR DO FUN THINGS IN THE SUN,
O HOW I MISSED ME.

THAT WHICH WAS FREE 
LIKE FOOD, SHELTER, 
AND LOVE GUARANTEED,
NOW COSTS ME,
TIME, MONEY, AND ENERGY,
O HOW I MISSED ME. 

REACHING FOR TOMORROW,
I LOST SIGHT OF TODAY,
AND ITS IMPOSSIBLE 
FOR ME TO RETURN, 
TO YESTERDAY,
O HOW I MISSED ME.

WILFORD BARKER.