Chinese Café/Unchained Melody Joni Mitchell

[Verse 1]
Caught in the middle, Carol, we're middle class
We're middle aged, we were wild in the old days
Birth of rock n' roll days, now your kids are coming up straight
My child's a stranger, I bore her but I could not raise her

[Pre-Chorus]
Nothing lasts for long
Nothing lasts for long
Nothing lasts for long

[Chorus]
Down at the Chinese Café
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
We'd be playing, "Oh my love, my darling"
One more time

[Verse 2]
Uranium money is booming in the old hometown now
It's putting up sleek concrete, tearing the old landmarks down now
Paving over brave little parks, ripping off Indian land again
How long, how long, short-sighted business man?

[Pre-Chorus]
Ah, nothing lasts for long
Nothing lasts for long
Nothing lasts for long