It seemed like a good idea And I know that it should not matter, No, it's not the way it was meant to be, We only tried to make you play the game. It's not the way you turned away, It's only that you'd never stayed the same. And now I hate it when I lied, You only cried each time I tried to tell you why, And that my life was only yesterday, Madelaine Madelaine Madelaine I've never tried to drive you away, We only ever wanted you to stay. And when I touch her without pain, And when you touch it hurts the same, And it almost destroyed my life, But that was yesterday, Madelaine Madelaine Madelaine And now I'm waiting for a word, Just like I was waiting for your words to come before. And as I came to say goodbye, I saw you through her door, And then you kissed but you already knew Just when and how she stole my life And all my yesterdays, Madelaine Madelaine Madelaine...