Echoes of Yesterday

[Verse 1] I wish I could believe in something greater More than these stars, these fields, this river I wish I could believe what they told me I saw, I saw, I saw my sister board that train We waved our goodbyes and now she's found a life in the city Where she doesn't have to pretend [Chorus] She used to strum an old, broken banjo While she sang about dreams and sung about the rain I used to long for a different place And now it's clear that it's the only place I wish I could see again [Instrumental Solo] [Verse 2] I wish I could hold on a little longer Calm my restless mind and soothe this longing I wish I could believe what they taught me I saw, I saw, I saw an old letter And the words that it held, well they took me back to the days When he was still here [Chorus] He used to play that worn-out piano And the sun and the sky seemed to join in his song I wish that I had told him back then But he knew deep down that we both wished those days would return [Bridge] A new dawn is breaking I could leave today A new dawn is breaking We might choose to stay [Outro] We used to wait for the evening storms To wash us away while new dreams were born I wish that I could have known by then We all see now that we're never going back to those days