i say hello to the summertime 
and you may think i'm doing fine 
but i don't know 
it used to always make me laugh 
but now i'll sign an autograph 
to the way things used to be 

oh 
do you hear my cry 
nostalgia nostalgia 
hold my hand cause i've got a ways to go 
oh 

but i can't stand to go on like this so long 
nostalgia 
now i can plainly see 
the way the conflict used to be neverending 
i always thought that in this case 
to keep a smile on my face though that's not how i feel 

oh 
do you hear my cry 
nostalgia nostalgia 
don't let me down 
I've always faced the truth 
oh 

now why can't i just ignore what i've found 
nostalgia 
i often ride the choppy waves of change 
but the reward i know is much more great 
don't want to give up i cannot give in 
i must maintain my faithfulness 
i've seen the darkness and it's consuming 
i cannot bring him back to then 

i must maintain my faithfulness