Let me tell of a time when the world was in rhyme
With the sound of our laughter
Moments were hung with the flowers
Those far from the laws of hunger and of love
Unaware of our youth, of the sobering truth
Of the years that came after
We laughed at common men
For we were heroes then and heaven smiled above
La poema, la poema
Poor hungry youth, poor hungry me
La poema, la poema
Silly old world that could not see
We were new at the game, we were ready for fame
We were ready for glory
We tried to change the world
But nothing really changed as the years hurried by
We got lost in our dreams, our impossible dreams
It's the usual story
And when we woke at last
We found our day had passed
Our little time gone by
La poema, la poema
Someone to care, someone to mind
La poema, la poema
We were in love and love is blind
Now and then I return and the memories burn
With a bitter sweet aching
I climb the same old stairs
But no one really cares
And there's no one to greet
In the streets where we walked
At the cafe where we talked
Of a world we were making
I stand upon that hill
Until I've dreamed my fill
Then leave it all behind
La poema
La poema
La poema
Moments of joy
Moments of pain
La poema
La poema
Nothing will bring them back again
La poema, la poema
La poema, la poema
La poema, la poema
La poema, la poma