Alexander’s is gone
though he did nothing wrong
and Caldor took off to my memory
My life just goes on
half price on the song
still no discounts for family

You can drum on the table
through every sad fable
you can drum on the hill if you will
but the blues beat on
yesterday’s gone
every day we get a little less able

Alexander’s produce
a part of my youth
Caldor for socks and new jammies
Now we play fast and loose
with every sad truth
Until the past is sweeter than candies

You can drum on the beat
through some fat kid’s track meet
You can drum on the hil if you will
but the blues beat on
yesterday’s gone
every day our mind’s less complete

Alexander’s meat and
the way they would greet, sand
in the shoes of old ladies
Caldor forgotten
but never the spot and
cracks in the pavement with daisies

You can drum on my head
yeah our youth is dead
you can drum on the hill if you will
but the blues beat on
yesterday’s gone
Sorry I forget when you once said

you once said
you once said
Stephan I love you
you once said
you can drum on the hill
I love you still
stephan I love you you once said.