Those were the days, we had high hopes and promises Long since broke you were a friend of mine, oh In a more innocent time, oh Poetry ran like blood through our veins, we'd talk for hours Then start up again, we were family, oh You meant so much to me, oh There are many of us with hearts made of stone You were never that strong, I wish I'd known You got a paper heart and it's tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out Like yesterday's news you'd be gone before long Now I hear the news second hand What's become of you, I can't understand And it breaks my heart, oh That we drifted apart, oh You're not real anymore, you're a paper machine Whatever you were has long since blown away Like a paper heart that's been tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out And you can't kick, you've been down too long You got a paper heart that's been ripped off Nothing left in you that ain't mixed up And I can read it in your eyes that you'll soon be gone You're not real anymore, you're a paper machine Whatever you were has long since blown away Like a paper heart that's been tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out And you can't kick, you've been down too long You got a paper heart that's been ripped off Nothing left in you that ain't mixed up And I can read it in your eyes that you'll soon be gone You got a paper heart and it's tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out And like yesterday's news you'll be gone before long You got a paper heart You got a paper heart You've got a paper heart Soon you'll be gone You got a paper heart You got a paper heart You got a paper heart All the way long All the way long All the way long