Now this seems like hours, and hours they seem like days When the ones you want are missing, and they've gone their separate ways Walking in a sunny garden, empty like the moon And birds that once could fly so high, now sing a different tune Walking in the park, the leaves are turning, now it's fall The time has come for leaving, in their eyes that says it all Pictures on the mantel, tell the tales of better times Moments from a long, long time ago, when things were fine One fine day, when the wild birds return We'll look back and say, what a lesson in life I've learned So light a broadwick candle in the window, make it bright You need to find your way home, in the dark and deepest nights And if you're lost and homeless, in some lonely city zone Just follow back that winding road, that leads you back on home One fine day, when the wild birds return We'll look back and say, what a lesson in life I've learned Guitar Solo Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Minutes seem like hours, and the hours they seem like days When the ones you want are missing, and they've gone their separate ways Walking in a sunny garden, empty like the moon And birds that once could fly so high, now sing a different tune One fine day, when the wild birds return When we look back and say, what a lesson in life I've learned One fine day, when the wild birds return When we look back and say, what a lesson in life I've learned One fine day, when the wild birds return When we look back and say, what a lesson in life I've learned When the wild birds return