I found myself standing on my old home ground Though I've heard that you never can go back again As the first snow of winter, like hope, drifted down I turned my collar up to the wind At the "Soldiers and Sailors" down on Riverside I kept my watch over dead man's hill And I swore that I heard my own voice slipping by Must be a trick of the wind, a trick of the chill Between the death of a dream and the fortunes of war I'm spinning helpless in this circle I've been in before And I reach for the hand that's always been there And come up with empty air Empty air And over and over I see that light that was in your eyes And word for word I remember the last words you said to me And word for word I remember you promised you'd wait for me All the walking wounded on this Manhattan beat We keep on pounding the street Waiting for something to clear And we've all got our memories That keep pushing our feet, well I've got a face in my rear view mirror And over and over I see that look that was in your eyes And word for word I remember the last words you said to me And word for word I remember you promised you'd wait for me And word for word I remember the last words you said to me And word for word I remember you promised you'd wait for me Word for word for word for word Word for word for word for word Word for word for word for word For word Word for word for word for word Word for word for word for word Word for word for word for word For word