The Four Tops — My Past Just Crossed My Future

Oh, my past just crossed my future My past just crossed my future Spent my childhood in a home for boarders Never brought my folks much joy Ah, with a wife and son, my whole world is changed And my life, my life rearranged "[?]", my folks told my son Made him idolise the wrong I had done Now my mind's exploding from my past reflections As I watched him follow in that same direction "History repeats itself" So the preaching goes "But don't ever cry over spilled milk" Is another lesson in prose But when it leaves a smart That turns into a stand That's locked into my heart and will always remain Hey, there's an emptiness That's filling up my tears A lonely vision of all my past years Now my past just crossed my future My past has finally crossed my future The day I see a mirror of yesterday I thought my folks really old-fashioned I was just a rebel without a cause When they loved me with so much tenderness and passion Will I like my folks Bear the guilt and shame Spend my whole life wondering if I'm to blame Because yesterday and today's sorrow Is just a blueprint of tomorrow My past has finally crossed my future My past just crossed my future I'm caught up with the past And finally passed my future Done caught up with me now And it's lost in my future People, my past crossed my future Every, every day My past crossed my future Don't seem to get away My past just crossed my future Hey now, my past just crossed my future Hey people now, my past has caught up with me ...