Lyrics

Happy sounds from caps and gowns on Graduation Day
Did my best when local press said “Hey man, look this way”
Why they chose my awkward pose I’ll never have a clue
but soon my grin and pimpled chin was small-town front-page news

As if I’d paid my dues

Turn the dial
back before all these miles
piled up on me
I was the future
smilin’ at the future
likin’ what I see

Oh my lord how time flew forward and left me in its dust
a much wiser man whose eyes have yet to readjust
My reflection lacks affection, patience, love and grace
Say, where’s my human Alfred E. Neuman “What, Me Worry?” face?

I swear it’s here someplace

All my glory’s
buried beneath old stories
and bound by tragedies
(La la la la la)
I was the future
smilin’ at the future
was I so naive?

There is no gain without its fight
There is no day without its night
Life is cool
Many dreams have come true
And the dreams that fell through
were but a dream

Turn the dial
back before all these miles
piled up on me
(La la la la la)
I was the future
smilin’ at the future
likin’ what I see
Aw there's my glory
it's buried beneath old stories
and bound by tragedies
(la la la la la)
I’m still the future
smilin’ at the future
likin’ what I see