| Here’s a song about living in the past
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| If it was so good then, how come it didn’t last?
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| If it helps you, I’ll put it in a phrase
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| Those were the times but these are the days
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| These are the days, these are the days
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| These are the days, these are the days
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| Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
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| The times you’re smiling back on, had that great sitcom
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| It hardly compensated for the terror of the bomb
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| Let me help 'cause you’re looking through a haze
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| Those were the times, these are the days
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| These are the days, hey, hey, hey
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| These are the days, can you hear me now?
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| These are the days, look around, look around, look around
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| These are the days
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| These are the days, hey, hey live today
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| These are the days, it’s time to put the past away
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| These are the days, the more you do the more you say
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| These are the days, the more I need to get away
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| You’re longing for a time there never was, now tell me the truth
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| You’re looking for the reason it’s because, you’re fighting for youth
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| But if I have to listen any more to fantasy talk
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| Or any other bug you have, I am leaving
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| Now I’m not saying everything is really great
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| (Hey, hey, hey)
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| After sixteen years of legalized class hate
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| Why waste time looking back for things to praise?
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| (Hey, hey, hey)
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| Those were the times huh, but these are the days
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| These are the days, looking back in history
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| These are the days, time to get contemporary
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| These are the days, the past is not the place to be
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| These are the days
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| These are the days, hey, hey live today
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| These are the days, it’s time to put the past away
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| These are the days, the more you do the more you say
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| These are the days, the more I need to get away
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| Hey, hey, hey |