Wasted Years

Don't recognize me, do you?

We're sitting face to face

Your mind is in another time

And in another place



I saw that when your eyes met mine

And still you seemed unmoved

You don't recall this face at all

The one you'd said you'd loved



The bats are in the belfry

And now you're on your own

The lights are shining brightly

But there's nobody home



But time has gone so quickly now

And nothing can replace all these wasted years



Your friends don't come around here

The way they used to do

Where once there were so many

And now there are so few



But time has gone so quickly now

And nothing can replace all these wasted years



Is that a smile upon your face?

You seem to be confused

By all these kindly strangers

Who come to visit you



The flowers on the table

The pictures on the wall

I thought it could be different

But now I'm not so sure



The bats are in the belfry

And now you're on your own

The lights are shining brightly

But there's nobody home



But time has gone so quickly now

And nothing can replace all these wasted years



Your friends don't come around here

The way they used to do

Where once there were so many

And now there are so few



But time has gone so quickly now

And nothing can replace all these wasted years



They tell me that you're much improved

But they can't tell me why

I've talked and talked for hours

And still there's no reply