Lonely table just for one In a bright and crowded room While the music has begun I drink to memories in the gloom Though the music's still the same It has a bitter sweet refrain So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She would hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be Friends stop by and say hello (Huh!) And I laugh and hide the pain It's quite easy 'til they go Then the song begins again So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She will hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be

I know a place not far from here It's not far away, love, but if you come I know a place where we'll be alone And we'll talk of life, the way love used to be I know a place not far away And we'll find a way through the city streets We'll find a way through the mad rushing crowd And we'll talk about the way love used to be I know a place not far from here It's not far away, love, but if you come I know a place where we'll be alone And we'll talk about the way love used to be

Take it back to the afros and the naturals Cape cutter picks we slips into the back [?] I'm O.G. my nigga for real though Straight up off that east side top of the hill yo I'm looking at the overview Thinking bout 86 damn I was overdue Walking in the hood making mix tapes trying to walk up out the hood While I'm chucking at the hood nigga talk about the hood That I came from it raised me real Crip crazy [?] oops a daisy Demon or a heathen scheming while I'm dreaming Screaming to get even seeing is believing And don't you forget that Get it to you get back hit that kick back Three flies one a way Reminisce about the things that my grandmama use to say Stay in your own lane stay on your own and quick trying to be grown Day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right I like them girls from Ladera Heights or the girls on Hills I take a trip up the World On Wheels and get in a fight Make it back to my ride Pop shots at some suckers disrespecting the side My big homie my cuzzo schoolyard bozo Slid me away just to get me away I'm just a Long Beach nigga outside of my hood I'm banging riding but doing it good When I get locked down there ain't hiding and wondering As soon as I hit the County I'm up in 48 hundred With the dealers the killers the [?] The best from the west and the beast from the east Yeah I'm acting a fool I'm getting my degree from gladiator school I chose this life cause I knows this life Sell a little crack and my flows is tight I'm clear on my choice and what's cold is I can still hear my grandma's voice She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right If you get caught then you don't walk cause you don't talk And these was the rules squeeze on these fools I came up in a different era homie Where the G's is the G's and the little wannabe's really want it Wanna be like cause the C life make you wanna G like Now who you wanna be like That fool on the TV screen Or the homie on the corner getting major cream In the Cadillac beating like Battle Cat A nigga with money don't know how to act Smoke til your eyes get cataracts All money nonsense yeah none of that Quarter sack run it back Hold him back lock him up bag him up front him that If a trick jump the track do you want your money back Lil bitch was a bunny rat Watch for the funny hat Cause it's gonna come And my granny said it's no fun She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right

There is a better fight A cause close to my heart The struggle against loneliness That's tearing you apart Where are you gonna run to now from loneliness? (Loneliness) Who are you gonna turn to out of loneliness? (Loneliness) Like Ringo walking by the canal Downcast and alone You're taking time to play that part A man who skims a stone Where are you gonna run to now from loneliness? (Loneliness) Who are you gonna turn to out of loneliness? (Loneliness) When are you gonna not say no and make the answer yes? Who is here to help you out? Tell me, can't you guess? (Loneliness) (Loneliness) Wherever you go, you take yourself with you There's nowhere you can hide From the loneliness that's haunting your life The sense of wounded pride Everybody needs time to think Nobody can live without love Who you gonna run to now from loneliness? (Loneliness) Who could come and help you out? Oh, can't you guess? (Loneliness) When you gonna not say no and make the answer yes? Who is here to help you turn your back on loneliness? (Loneliness) (Loneliness)

Farewell to the mountains Goodbye to the trees So long to the ski slopes Join the absentees Salzburg is a cradle Rocking you no more Memory the only thing That's still worth living for Wiedersehen Auf Wiedersehen Wie wir gehen Auf Wiedersehen Books are in their boxes Manuscripts are packed A dealer expressed interest So paintings were dispatched The ladies from the village Say tearful goodbyes The gardener locks the greenhouse Suspicion in his eyes Wiedersehen Auf Wiedersehen Wie wir gehen Auf Wiedersehen The world before the war Exquisite in your dreams Still bore the angry children Who only saw extremes You never saw it coming What was it they lacked? The civilised rejected Modernity attacked Wiedersehen Auf Wiedersehen Wie wir gehen Auf Wiedersehen Your old friend Freud has helped you Illuminate the hate Find motive in desire But now it's much too late The train is on the platform The knife is in your back Your suitcases are sitting On the luggage rack Wiedersehen Auf Wiedersehen Auf Wiedersehen Wie wir gehen Auf Wiedersehen Auf Wiedersehen

Street's like a jungle So call the police Following the herd Down to Greece on holiday Love in the 90's Is paranoid On sunny beaches Take your chances looking for Girls who want boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love Girls who want boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls but they're boys Always should be someone you really love Avoiding all work Because there's none available Like battery thinkers Count your thoughts on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 fingers Nothing is wasted Only reproduced You get nasty blisters Du bist sehr schon But we haven't been introduced Girls who want boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love Girls who want boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love Looking for Girls who want boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love Girls who want boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love