another page of history another failed and hopeless year of wasted life and wasted time long ago you sang a tune of running from a painful youth and now it s dry you re wondering why talk to me reveal how lost your life must seem all the wonderful things that you could never achieve now you re out of time your life is dry you re wondering why remember how it used to be you were young and love was cheap and every night was fire and wine now you face another year in a lonely state in an empty place wiping dry your crying eyes wipe and dry your crying eyes talk to me reveal how lost your life has been all the wonderful things that you could never achieve now you re out of time you re life is dry you re wondering why i lost the rainbow behind that cloud i lost the rainbow there it s hard getting over all the rain it s hard getting older all the same