Memory Lane – Daniel Amos – letras

You have gotten much thinnerYou’re lookin’ like a shadowIt’s from dwelling on the might-have-beensLiving in a time-warpTo whom am I speaking? Some ghost from the past?While you think about old gloriesYou’re fading real fastYou take too many trips down memory laneYou take too many trips down memory laneYou take another trip down memory laneYou go down there once too often and you’re likely to remainYou play old musicWell some of it’s a boreTo me it’s all irrelevantLike Haight Street and love beadsStill you want to make a statementBut this nostalgia thing hangs onYour friends all miss the point causeThey see where you’ve goneThey’ve seen that you’ve gone to…It’s another flat testimonyInflated with emotional gasThough the truth never changesShouldn’t you, couldn’t youShouldn’t you, couldn’t you (I’m trying)Couldn’t you, shouldn’t you, couldn’t you, won’t you!You make a list of all your failuresYou count all your heartachesPlease sit up straight at the tableAnd eat your wordsMuch too weakI think complaining is a crimeAnd like the boy who cries wolfWe don’t believe you anymore, we watch youTravel back in time to…