Glory Days
E Street Band Lyrics

I had a friend was a big baseball player
I used to know someone who was very good at baseball

Back in high school
When we were both students

He could throw that speed ball by you
He was really good at pitching

Make you look like a fool boy
He was so good that he made batters look silly

Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
Recently, I ran into him at a bar by the side of the road

I was walking in, he was walking out
We crossed paths as I was entering and he was exiting

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

But all he kept talking about was
However, he only wanted to talk about

Glory days well they'll pass you by
The best days of your life will come and go

Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
The time of your greatest achievements can end quickly

Glory days, glory days
Those memorable times that were so enjoyable

Well there's a girl that lives up the block
There is a woman who lives nearby

Back in school she could turn all the boy's heads
When we were young, she was very attractive to boys

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

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

Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
She and her husband, Bobby, broke up

I guess it's two years gone by now
I think it has been two years since the split

We just sit around talking about the old times,
We spend time reminiscing about the past

She says when she feels like crying
She tells me that when she wants to cry

She starts laughing thinking about
She laughs when she thinks about

My old man worked 20 years on the line
My father worked in a factory for twenty years

And they let him go
But they fired him

Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
Now he is constantly searching for new employment

They just tell him that he's too old
But employers reject him because they think he is too old

I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the
When I was just nine years old, he was working at the

Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Ford assembly plant in Metuchen

Now he just sits on a stool down at the Legion hall
Now he sits on a stool at the American Legion hall

But I can tell what's on his mind
But I can tell he is thinking about

Glory days yeah goin back
Those wonderful times, remembered

Glory days aw he ain't never had
Those great times, he never experienced

Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
I plan on going to a local bar later tonight

And I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I am going to drink enough to be satisfied

And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
I hope that I do not spend the rest of my life dwelling on the past

But I probably will
But most likely, I will

Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
Reflecting on the past and attempting to re-experience

A little of the glory of, well time slips away
Some of the positive aspects of life, that quickly passed

And leaves you with nothing mister but
And often, all that remains are

Boring stories of glory days
Tales of past achievements that have little relevance today

[Chorus x2]
Those memorable times that were so enjoyable