Why she had to go,

I don't know, she wouldn't say

I said something wrong,

now I long for yesterday!



Yesterday . . . all my troubles seemed so far away

Now it looks as though they're here to stay

Oh I believe in yesterday!



Suddenly . . . I'm not half the man I used to be

There's a shadow hanging over me

Oh yesterday came suddenly!



Why she had to go,

I don't know, she wouldn't say

I said something wrong,

now I long for yesterday!







Yesterday . . . love was such an easy game to play

Now I need a place to hide away

Oh I believe in yesterday!



Oh I believe in yesterday!



Words and Music by John Lennon

and Paul McCartney, 1966