Took a walk down Paramount   (I've seen better days)   Left behind a friend of mine   (I've seen better days)      Passed by a statue of Saint Augustine in prayer   Said for one, the only one   I turned my back on her      The elevator rose to the eleventh floor   (I've seen better days)   Her trench coat hangs inside her door   (I've seen better days)      A leaky window welcomed rain and left me standin' here   A black-haired girl who taught me truth   I turned my back on her      Too late for hope but a dream remembered   Lay me down, down, ooh   Too late for hope but a dream remembered   Better days      Made love in the Toronto rain   (I've seen better days)   From Hamilton I took the train   (I've seen better days)      What you regret, you softly said are things you never do   I regret, I didn't turn   And run back home to you      Too late for hope but a dream remembered   Lay me down, down, ooh   Too late for hope but a dream remembered   Better days, better days      Now I stand in sympathy   Not for her but for me   I could have turned, I could have stayed   But I just walked away   I could have done a lot of things   In my better days      Too late for hope but a dream remembered   Lay me down, down, ooh   Too late for hope but a dream remembered   Better days, better days, better days   Better days, better days