(How can love as strong as the sun
Die like an evening shadow dies?
And the fiery red of a blazing settin' sun
Cause my red, cryin' eyes)
They're... just... shades of... ye-e-starday...
(Ooh... ooh... ooh...)
(Short banjo solo)
(Black are all my endless, sleepless nights
Since love is no longer there
Brown are the little dyin' leaves on the ground
Just like the brown in her hair)
They're... just... shades of... ye-e-starday...
(Ooh... ooh... ooh...)
(Short banjo solo)
(I stand here alone, in the cold grey dawn
The victim of little white lies
In a little loveless world all covered with blue
Just like the blue in her eyes)
They're... just... shades of... ye-e-starday...
(Ooh... ooh... ooh...)
(Short banjo solo)
(Ooh... ooh... ooh...)
(Ooh... ooh... ooh...)