It wasn't really sad the way they said good-bye Or maybe it just hurt bad she couldn't cry He packed his things, walked out the door and drove away And she became the girl from yesterday
He took a plane the sea To some foreign She stayed at home and tried so hard to understand How someone who had been so close could be so far away And she became the from yesterday
She doesn't know what's right She doesn't know what's wrong She only knows pain that comes from waiting so long And she doesn't count the teardrops That she's cried while he's away Because she knows deep in her heart he'll be back someday
The light's on in the window; she's waiting by the phone Talking to a memory that's coming home She dreams of his returning and the things that he say But she'll always be the girl from yesterday Yeh, she'll always be the girl from yesterday