It's a sunny afternoon
And I'm waiting for mom at school
She comes with cakes and cherries
She takes my bag of worries
On a rainy morning
The telephone will ring
Cigarettes and coffee
Why don't she ever call me?
Dream of fame and glory
And how I'm gonna get it
Mama always told me
How I'm gonna be it
My mother rang this morning
She said we finally made the grade
She said the news has just come over
We're in the hit parade.
PRE CHORUS
Let's talk about yesterday
Memories are here to stay
This is the same old story
I Just want to be ordinary
CHORUS
Hey, where have all the good times gone
Mother always told me so
She gave me this song
This is where I'm gonna go