《Yesterday》的詞曲作者為Paul McCartney，英語歌詞由Paul McCartney和cowriter Christopher Biggs共同完成。以下是《Yesterday》的英文歌詞：
It was a very kind of simple day
It was a very kind of gentle breeze
I never knew love was going to sneak up on me
Chorus:
Yesterday, was a very kind of better day
And I said, I don't want to seem so scared
When you walked on by
But today I want to show you today
Yesterday is history, yeah
You may not know where you are headed tomorrow
But yesterday was history
Yeah, it was something I can say was wrong
Now it's done, and it's time for a brand new song
Bridge:
Now the birds they whistle, they don't miss a note
Oh and you know it's only time that makes it rote
I will whistle, sing, dance right through this rainbow
I ain't lookin', for the same old things again today
(Chorus)
You're walking in your sunshine now baby
Gonna give the world a smile that's brand new
Not one word you can rewind, let's move on, let's learn how to turn the pages of life
(Chorus)
Yeah, I'm so happy I could die (die)
But you know what? Yesterday is history. (history)
Yesterday is history. (history)
Yeah, yesterday is history. (history)