Yesterdays(1975)
Tracklist: 1.America 2.Looking Around 3.Time and A Word 4.Sweet Dreams 5.Then 6.Survival 7.Astral Traveller 8.Dear Father America (Simon) Let us be lovers We'll marry our fortunes together I've got some real estate here in my bag So we bought a pack of cigarettes And Mrs. Wagner's pies And walked off to look for America "Kathy" I said As we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh Michigan seems like a dream to me now It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw All come to look for America All come to look for America Laughing on the bus Playing games with the faces She said the man in the Gabardine suit Was a spy I said "Be careful, his bow tie is really a camera" "Kathy, I'm lost" I said Though I knew she was sleeping "I'm empty and aching and I don't know why" Counting the cars On the New Jersey Turnpike They've all come to look for America All come to look for America All come to look for America All come to look for America Dear Father (Anderson/Squire) Here are the books of look; You need them to open the seed To see what goes on in the world Here in my mind Catch the wind and hold on tight To what we'll find And hear what goes on in the world Here is all you see Everything is made for you from me If there's anything you'd like to say that could help me in any way Cause I've been waiting for so long for you to come along Help me on that day When you take over all the things heaven has made for you Is there anything you think you should know Is there anything before I go? Dear Father (repeat) I'm hungry, I'm cold Feeling terribly old I don't think I can see I'm not feeling good like I think I should They're on their own, needing a face, a place, Hope and mind, a home To see what goes on in the world They're who you need To show them why they're wrong, oh why indeed We need to go on in the world Here is all you see Everything is made for you from me. If there's any complication that you'd like to talk over with me about 'Cause I've been waiting for so long for you to come along We can work it all out When you take over all the things heaven has made for you Is there anything you think you should know Is there anything before I go? Dear Father (repeat) You must be putting me on 'Cause most of their minds are gone They run on T'understand me I'm not feeling good like I think I should Dear Father (repeat) Can I give it a miss 'Cause I'm not ready for this I don't think I can see I'm not feeling good like I think I should Dear Father (repeat) Won't you leave me alone Won't you let me go home I don't think I could see Lord, they'd crucify me I just couldn't do that 'Cause that's not where it's at now. ____________________________________________________ Band Members: Jon Anderson - vocals Peter Banks - guitar (except on "America") Bill Bruford - drums & percussion Steve Howe - guitars, vocals (on "America") Tony Kaye - keyboards (except on "America") Chris Squire - bass & vocals Rick Wakeman - keyboards (on "America") "America" produced Yes and Eddie Offord "Dear Father" produced by Tony Colton and Yes Go Back Home Return To Albums