Yesterdays
Nostalgic Echoes: Barbra Streisand's Melancholic Reflection on Yesterdays
Lyrics
Yesterdays, yesterdays
Reflecting on the past, nostalgic about previous times
Days I knew as happy sweet
Recalling days that were joyful and pleasant
Sequestered days
Days kept private or secluded from the world
Olden days, Golden days
Remembering old and cherished times, often seen as golden
Days of mad romance and love
Days characterized by intense romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Reminiscing about a time when the speaker was carefree and happy
Truth was mine
Claiming ownership of truth during that past period
Joyous free and flaming life
Describing a life that was joyous, free, and full of passion
Forsooth was mine
Asserting the speaker's possession of truth in the past
Sad am I, glad am I
Expressing mixed emotions, feeling both sadness and joy
For today I'm dreaming of
Dreaming about the past, particularly the yesterdays
Yesterdays
Reiterating the yearning for the past
Then gay youth was mine
Recalling the carefree days of youth
The truth was mine
Affirming the possession of truth during the youth
Sad am I
Expressing current sadness
Glad am I
Acknowledging current happiness
For today I'm dreaming of
Repeating the desire to return to the past
Yesterdays, youth was mine
Recalling the joyous and passionate days of youth
Joyous free and flaming life
Reasserting the possession of a joyous and free life
Forsooth was mine
Reaffirming ownership of truth in the past
Sad am I, oh so glad am I
Expressing both current sadness and joy
For today I'm dreaming of
Continuing the dream of returning to yesterdays
Yesterdays, yesterdays
Repeating the theme of reflecting on past days
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