Lyrics: Rickie Lee Jones. Twelve Bars Past Midnight. On Saturday Afternoons In 1963.

The most as you'll ever go
Is back where you used to know
If grown-ups could laugh this slow
Where as you watch the hour snow
Years may go by
And years may go by

So hold on to your special friend
Here, you'll need something to keep her in
Now you stay inside this foolish grin
Though any day your secrets end
Then again years may go by
And years may go by

You saved your own special friend
'Cause here you need something to hide her in
And you stay inside that foolish grin
When everyday now secrets end
Oh and then again years may go by
And years may go by

Years may go by
And years may go by