Glory Days
Springsteen & E St. Band Lyrics

I had a friend was a big baseball player
I once had a close companion who excelled in baseball

Back in high school
During our time in secondary education

He could throw that speedball by you
He possessed the ability to throw a fast and elusive pitch

Make you look like a fool boy
Causing you to appear foolish, my dear friend

Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
Recently encountered him at a casual establishment alongside the road

I was walking in, he was walking out
As I entered, he was exiting the premises

We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
Returned indoors and settled down for some beverages

But all he kept talking about was
However, his sole focus of conversation was

Glory days well they'll pass you by
The remarkable moments of the past will eventually fade away

Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Significant memories vanish swiftly, akin to the blink of an eye for a youthful girl

Glory days, glory days
Those extraordinary times, oh those extraordinary times

Well, there's a girl that lives up the block
In close proximity, resides a young woman

Back in school she could turn all the boy's heads
During our educational years, she commanded the attention of every young man

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

And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
Indulge in some beverages after she has ensured her children are asleep

Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
Her relationship with her husband, Bobby, has come to an end

I guess it's two years gone by now
Approximately two years have elapsed since then

We just sit around talking about the old times
We merely sit and converse about the past experiences

She says when she feels like crying
She admits that when she experiences a desire to shed tears

She starts laughing thinking about
She instead bursts into laughter as she recalls

Think I'm going down to the well tonight
I believe I will visit the local watering hole this evening

And I'm going to drink 'til I get my fill
And I will consume beverages until I am content

And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
Furthermore, I hope that in my old age, I do not linger on these memories

But I probably will
However, it is likely that I will

Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
Indeed, simply relaxing and attempting to regain

A little of the glory of, well time slips away
A fraction of the magnificence that is inevitably lost as time elapses

And leaves you with nothing mister but
Leaving you with nothing more than

Boring stories of
Tales that have become mundane due to

Glory days yeah they'll pass you by
Those extraordinary times, indeed they will fade away

Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Significant memories vanish swiftly, akin to the blink of an eye for a youthful girl

Glory days, glory days
Those extraordinary times, oh those extraordinary times

Yeah, they'll pass you by
Indeed, they will fade away

Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Significant memories vanish swiftly, akin to the blink of an eye for a youthful girl

Glory days, glory days
Those extraordinary times, oh those extraordinary times