[Verse 1]

Listen up my friend I don't even understand it

That picture in your head it's never quite as they say

Dried up memories they seem to taunt me every day

Is it a symptom or disease of the comeback trail?

[Chorus]

I've become tradition: a man from yesterday

Walking down the street with my once familiar face

This is how it goes, this is how it goes

One bit at a time, one bit at a time

One bit at a time, one bit at a time

[Verse 2]

You wear the same clothes as you did when you were much younger

Pulling on your boots each day cos you still got the hunger

Didn't look the other way, don't say I didn’t see you suffer

Just a memory and it starts to fade again

[Chorus]

I've become tradition: a man from yesterday

Walking down the street with my once familiar face

This is how it goes, this is how it goes

One bit at a time, one bit at a time

One bit at a time, one bit at a time

[Bridge]

They say you didn't suffer long

Must say that doesn’t comfort none

You're gone and that's just how it goes

[Chorus]

I've become tradition: a man from yesterday

Walking down the street with my once familiar face

This is how it goes, this is how it goes

One bit at a time, one bit at a time

One bit at a time, one bit at a time