Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.


Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong.
Now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Paul McCartney wrote this, although it is attributed to "Lennon and McCartney." He has said recently that he now thinks the lyrics were unconsciously a song about his mother, who died when he was about 13.

Genie