Nothing Lasts

I remember it like yesterday Standing in the mirror Must've been eight or so, I don't know Standing toe to toe, nose to nose with myself In the glow of a frozen moment like this Thinking, Don't forget Someday you'll be different Someday you'll be tall Your face will change You won't be small Someday you'll be old Really old, like twenty-seven (Oh, heavens!) 'Course everything changed Everything changed, but I remained Nothing lasts forever, nothing lasts forever Only time never dies It was 1985 I was skating circles in the carved up ice At Ice Capades Chalet, Vallco Fashion Park Underground, half in the dark And the DJ on the overhead said, "Time to break" So I busied myself at the video games Galaga, Centipede, Pacman Oh man, I was hungry No money in hand Two hours to kill til Burger King And just like the clock, the Zamboni Went round and round At slow-mo speed Making everything shiny again Wiped the evidence of my perfect layback spin Four double sals, oh wow Wiped away the evidence 'Cause nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever Only time never dies Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever I was driving with my dad one day down 280 He had the radio on He said, "Check it out, it's kind of a waltz" Tears for Fears He counted it out 123456, 123456, 123 123 123 "All for freedom and for pleasure, nothing ever lasts forever" (That was the summer I discovered the White Album) Nothing lasts forever (nothing lasts forever) Nothing lasts forever (nothing lasts forever) Only time never dies Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts, nothing lasts Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts, nothing lasts Nothing lasts forever Forever Forever