Caught in the middle
Carol, we're middle class
We're middle aged

We were wild in the old days
Birth of rock 'n roll days
Now your kids are coming up straight

And my child's a stranger
I bore her
But, I could not raise her

Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-

Down at the Chinese Cafe
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
We'd be playing-

"Oh my love, my darling"
One more time


Uranium money
Is booming in the old home town now
It's putting up sleek concrete

Tearing the old landmarks down now
Paving over brave little parks
Ripping off Indian land again

How long-how long
Short sighted business men
Ah, nothing lasts for long-

Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Down at the Chinese Cafe

We'd be dreaming on our dimes
We'd be playing-
"You give your love, so sweetly"

One more time

Christmas is sparkling

Out on Carol's lawn
This girl of my childhood games
With kids nearly grown and gone

Grown so fast
Like the turn of a page
We look like our mothers did now

When we were those kids' age
Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-

Nothing lasts for long-
Down at the Chinese Cafe
We'd be dreaming on our dimes

We'd be playing-
"Oh my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch

A long lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much

Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love

God speed your love to me."
(Time goes-where does the time go-
I wonder where the time goes. . .)