The bird of youth had sung so sweetly by my side
Then spread its wings to fly away
And chase my footsteps down some old familiar road
And trace the friends of yesterday
Those strange bewildered songs that crept into my heart
With just the mention of her name
That first impatient love grew wild in me
And left as quickly as it came
In the quiet corners of my mind
These are things I see
In the quiet corners of my mind
The treasured moments of my life
Wait for me
The city lights had shone much brighter for me then
They drew me there to chase my dreams
To find the world that I depended on
Was not exactly what it seemed
In the quiet corners of my mind
These are things I see
In the quiet corners of my mind
The sadder moments of my life
Wait for me
I see a wiser man who realised at last
That life held things that matter more
Than all the riches I had once desired
And all the dreams I'd waited for
In the quiet corners of my mind
These are things I see
In the quiet corners of my mind
The bitter sweetness of my life
Waits for me