Glory Days
Bruce Springsteen and that OTHER band Lyrics

I had a friend was a big baseball player
I used to know someone who was very talented in baseball

Back in high school
During our high school years

He could throw that speedball by you
He had the ability to throw a baseball very fast and skillfully

Make you look like a fool boy
He would embarrass his opponents with his baseball skills

Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I met him recently at a bar on the side of the road

I was walking in, he was walking out
We crossed paths as I was entering and he was leaving the bar

We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
We entered the bar and had some drinks together

But all he kept talking about was
However, the only thing he discussed was

Glory days well they'll pass you by
The days of greatness will eventually slip by

Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
The days of glory can be fleeting, as quick as a young girl's flirty glance

Glory days, glory days
Days of greatness, days of glory

Well there's a girl that lives up the block
In the neighborhood, there's a girl who lives nearby

Back in school she could turn all the boy's heads
During high school, she was very attractive and garnered a lot of attention from the boys

Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by
Occasionally on a Friday, I'll visit her

And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
We have some drinks after she puts her children to sleep

Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
She and her husband Bobby separated

I guess it's two years gone by now
I suppose it's been two years since their split

We just sit around talking about the old times,
We sit and discuss our past memories

She says when she feels like crying
She shares that when she feels like she wants to cry

She starts laughing thinking about
She begins to laugh when thinking about

My old man worked twenty years on the line
My father spent two decades in factory work

And they let him go
And unfortunately, his job was terminated

Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
Now, he's trying to find work wherever he can

They just tell him that he's too old
However, he's repeatedly turned down due to his age

I was nine years old and he was working at the
I recall when I was nine years old, he was working at the

Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Metuchen Ford factory assembly line

Now he just sits on a stool down at the Legion hall
Nowadays he spends his time sitting on a stool at the Legion hall

But I can tell what's on his mind
However, I can discern what's bothering him

Glory days yeah goin back
The days of glory, reminiscing the past

Glory days aw he ain't never had
Days of greatness that he has never had

Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
I'm planning to go to the well tonight

And I'm going to drink till I get my fill
I'll continue drinking until I'm satisfied

And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
I pray that when I get old, I won't dwell on it

But I probably will
Though I assume I likely will

Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
Yes, just reflecting and trying to reclaim

A little of the glory of, well time slips away
A small piece of the past memories, which tend to fade away

And leaves you with nothing mister but
It leaves you with nothing but

Boring stories of glory days
Boring tales of the good old days

Chorus (repeat twice)
The repetitive chorus, being repeated twice