[ti:Return To Yesterday] [ar:The Lilac Time] [al:The Lilac Time] [by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:06.480] It was the day before the day before yesterday [00:11.040] When we thought everything would now go our way [00:16.470] We inherited a fortune of innocence [00:21.600] And they took it all away [00:25.670] We travel on the last bus from sanity [00:30.660] Through province town to cities of obscurity [00:35.660] And somewhere down the road it occurs to me [00:41.680] That I might have missed my stop [00:45.560] But I will not return to yesterday [00:51.450] Or smooth out the human clay [00:56.720] We'll face this new England like we always have [01:01.310] In a fury of denial [01:03.620] We'll go out dancing on the tiles [01:06.180] Help me down, but don't take me back [01:14.870] I heard a lover calling to Saint Anthony [01:20.050] Sadly treating love like her property [01:25.370] Only battles can be lost and so it seems we do [01:29.120] But I'm hoping for a change [01:34.490] I left you at the bus stop in working town [01:38.930] Now the service has been cut re-named slumber down [01:43.550] I can see you on the bars of your brother's bicycle [01:48.500] Now I hope you're not alone [01:53.180] But I will not return to yesterday [01:59.620] Or smooth out the human clay [02:04.180] We'll face this new England like we always have [02:10.930] In a fury of denial [02:12.120] We'll go out dancing on the tiles [02:14.510] Help me down, but don't take me back [02:22.830] And all the politician creeps [02:25.010] I know they want them back [02:27.390] And the couturier weeps [02:29.270] She knows they won't come back [02:32.380] And the lovers who seldom speak [02:34.570] I know they want them back [02:37.330] And me falling back into your half term kisses [02:40.320] No I will not [02:43.640] Return to yesterday [02:48.200] Or smooth out the human clay [02:53.260] We'll face this new England like we always have [02:58.890] In a fury of denial [03:01.140] We'll go out dancing on the tiles [03:03.510] Help me down, but don't take me back [03:08.020] Return to yesterday [03:13.150] Or smooth out the human clay [03:17.970] We'll face this new England like we always have [03:23.030] In a fury of denial [03:25.410] We'll go out dancing on the tiles [03:28.350] Help me down, but don't take me back [03:32.400] Return to yesterday [03:36.900] Or smooth out the human clay