It wasn't really sad the way they said Or maybe it just hurt so bad she couldn't cry He packed his things, out the door and drove away And she became the girl from yesterday
He took plane across the sea To some foreign land She stayed at home and tried so hard to understand How who had been so close could be so far away she became the girl from yesterday
She doesn't know what's right She doesn't know what's wrong She only the pain that comes from waiting for so long And she doesn't count the teardrops That she's cried while away Because she knows deep in her heart That he'll be back someday
light's on in the window; she's waiting by the phone Talking to a memory that's never home She dreams of his and the things that he might say But she'll always be the girl from yesterday Yeh, she'll always be the girl from yesterday