these were the days

i remember before i was even born

i wanted your love

your name on my tongue

and i know now

that it was not just a dream

cause it's here now

and i still believe

give me something i can hold on to

don't let it all just get away

don't want to look back on a photograph

and say that these

these were the days

these were the days. and i want you

in this front seat next to me

your hair in pigtails

barefoot and skinned knees

and i hold you

as the rain starts to fall

but i fall away home

drenched down to the bone

give me something i can hold on to

don't let it all just get away

don't want to look back on a photograph

and say that these

these were the days

these were the days. and everybody wants what they can't get i know

and even when it comes it feels like it's moving just a bit too slow

and everybody else can just sit back and watch it go away

don't want to look back on a photograph

and say that these

these

these were the days

these were the days

these were the days

these were the days

these were the days