Hold me close just like yesterday
Hold me tight, never go away
Hold me close just like yesterday
Hold me tight, till the bombs go away
No one told us 'bout the cold skies
That would hover over Cleveland
No one said a thing about it
They presumed we'd all just drop dead
They didn't figured for the children
Who would never see Ray Rayner
They just climbed into their capsules
To look for a new savior
Hold me close just like yesterday
Hold me tight, never go away
Hold me close just like yesterday
Hold me tight, till the bombs go away
I was three years old when they took away my mother
I was four years old when they came and stole my father
I was five years old when they put a gun in my hand
I was eight years old when they came to shoot some children
I was ten years old when problems they stopped solving
I was twelve years old when the world it stopped revolving
So hold me close just like yesterday
Hold me tight, never go away
Hold me close just like yesterday
Just like yesterday