Yesterday arrived too quickly   Caught me right off guard   My defence moved in too slowly   Missed it by a yard   I'd just settled down   With a bottle of gin   So I moved on to whiskey   And it hit me again   Memories were raining punches   Down on my head   Knocked me into the past so quickly   They almost raised the dead   So I drank some more booze   And it helped me to sleep   Where I dreamed of my youth   And the secrets I keep      Oh history is a friend of mine   She comes over to my place   And we have a good time   But the memories   She sometimes brings with her   Get out of line   They're out of line      Show me things I don't want to see   (Wanna see, wanna see, wanne see)   Remind me of who I thought I was gonna be   (Ganna be, gonna be, gonna be)   Take me places I used to go   (Used to go, used to go)   A long long time ago      When I woke I remembered nothing   Suppose that's just as well   And although my head was aching   I could hear a bell   So I put on some clothes   And I reached my front door   When I pulled it wide open   She joined me once more      Oh history is a friend of mine   She comes over to my place   And we have a good time   But the memories   She sometimes brings with her   Get out of line   They're out of line      Show me things I don't want to see   (Wanna see, wanna see, wanna see)   Remind me of who I thought I was gonna be   (Ganna be, gonna be, gonna be)   Take me places I used to go   (Used to go, used to go)   A long long time ago   A long long time ago