I was looking for a recording of "Yesterday's Men, but I found "Yesterday's People." It's a nice song. Who's the songwriter?
YouTube Video.

YESTERDAY'S PEOPLE
Songwriter: ???
Recorded by The Fureys

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;
They fought in the wars, but still long for peace.
And 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 songs 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 they were young, they too had their dreams
To climb every mountain to see everything;
But now they grow older and colder it seems,
Yesterday's people with yesterday's dreams.

Words, were they wasted? Words, were they weak?
What do we live for and what do we seek?
But some way to love them, and some way to speak
To yesterday's people with yesterday's dreams.


Source: http://www.lyricsvip.com/The-Fureys/Yesterday's-People-Lyrics.html
I compared this transcription with the Furey's recording, and it seems to me the transcription is pretty good. It didn't include the last verse, and I'm not completely sure my transcription of that verse is right.