The evening's laughter's reached a nap
You find yourself trapped in a web of rapt attention
Requests for songs ring out, the same old tunes demanded by convention
You shy away but not for long
They all begin to sing the songs you know to play
Tunes from yesterday
You yield to pressure from the crowd
You try but you can't play out loud
Your lungs, they seem to disobey you
Please find the strength to play us just one more
We'd love to hear you
Please find the strength to play us just one more
The songs at length
We heard so long before
We'd love to hear you play
Your face turns red, you sip your drink
And for a moment start to think
About the times it all came easy
The war now starts to end
The stages you once played
The lifelong friends you thought you made
Those times are crazy
The songs that you don't recognize
That lighten up your children's eyes
Will soon appear
To be a souvenir
Of times like this when you would play
Our favorite songs from yesterday
So once again, we'll play them all again

Can we just hear you?
Please find the strength to play us just one more
We'd love to hear you
These songs at length
We heard so long before
We'd love to hear you play them all again
hear you
you