(Keith Urban/G M Holden)

I remember as a kid wishin' I was seventeen
No more school, my own car
back then it was all a dream
Then came the day to say goodbye to the room that was once mine
One last look at my old world then
I closed the door behind, to

CHORUS:
Yesterday, everything was easy
Livin' life like there was no tomorrow
Now everyday memories still remind me
How good things used to be yesterday

Well thirty-five soon rolled around
and everything had changed
I could count friends on one hand and
the good times weren't the same
But finally I cam to understand why people say
Don't spend all your childhood wishin'
the best years away
Now I'm longin' for the freedom

REPEAT CHORUS

That I let slip away
I took it all for granted

REPEAT CHORUS 2x

Now it's gone like yesterday
Remembering all those years, yesterday