Yesterdays

Lyrics

Yesterdays, yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days, golden days
Days of mad romance and love

Then gay youth was mine, truth was mine
Joyous free in flame and life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I, glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of yesterdays

Yesterdays, yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days, golden days
Days of mad romance and love

For then gay youth was mine, truth was mine
Joyous free in flame and life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I, glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of yesterdays

Yesterday

Song Notes

“Yesterdays” was written by Jerome Kern, with a lyric by Otto Harbach, for the show “Roberta” (1933), where it was introduced by Irene Dunne.

Billie would later include it on her 1953 album “An Evening with Billie Holiday,” her second studio LP.

–Wikipedia