Wasted Years (All die ganzen Jahre)

Don't recognize me, do you? We're sitting face to face Your mind is in another time And in another place I saw that when your eyes met mine And still you seemed unmoved You don't recall this face at all The one you'd said you'd loved The bats are in the belfry And now you're on your own The lights are shining brightly But there's nobody home But time has gone so quickly now And nothing can replace All these wasted years Your friends don't come around here The way they used to do Where once there were so many And now there are so few But time has gone so quickly now And nothing can replace All these wasted years Is that a smile upon your face? You seem to be confused By all these kindly strangers Who come to visit you The flowers on the table The pictures on the wall I thought it could be different But now I'm not so sure The bats are in the belfry And now you're on your own The lights are shining brightly But there's nobody home But time has gone so quickly now And nothing can replace All these wasted years Your friends don't come around here The way they used to do Where once there were so many And now there are so few But time has gone so quickly now And nothing can replace All these wasted years They tell me that you're much improved But they can't tell me why I've talked and talked for hours And still there's no reply