Yesterday Is Here Lyrics - Walkabouts

( written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan ) 

If you want money in your pocket 

And a top hat on your head 

A hot meal on your table 

And a blanket on your bed 

Well today is grey skies 

Tomorrow is tears 

You'll have to wait til yesterday is here 

I'm going to New York City 

And I'm leaving on a train 

And if you want to stay behind and wait 

Til I come back again 

Well today is grey skies 

And tomorrow is tears 

You'll have to wait til yesterday is here 

If you want to go 

Where the rainbows end 

You'll have to say goodbye 

All our dreams come true 

Baby up ahead 

And it's out where your memories lie 

Well the road's out before me 

The moon is shining bright 

What I want you to remember 

As I disappear tonight 

Today is grey skies 

Tomorrow is tears 

You'll have to wait til yesterday is here