Yesterday's Child

Yesterday's child, you were fair of face,
tomorrow came and wiped off your smile.
Nobody knows about all your sins,
sit next to me, we'll talk for a while.

Yesterday's child, you had love in your eyes
but now you're looking for somewhere to hide.
Yours was the hand you were happy to lend
but nobody dried the tears you've cried.

Yesterday's child, are you searching for something
shaped in the form of the hole in your head?
Yesterday's child, are you looking for answers
from strangers you find asleep in your bed?

Yesterday's child, your path's laid with embers,
burning your feet through the holes in your shoes.
You've lost your direction but yet you keep walking,
there's little to feel when you've nothing to lose.