Those Were The Days Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

Keith Sykes 

We were wild and young and willing, to give up anything it took 

To get to where we were going, you could read us like a book 

Our nights were hot, filled with a lot, of lovers and dreams and songs 

And mornings mostly found us in places we did not belong 

But those were the days (those were the days) 

Man those were the days (those were the days) 

We listened to the songs Bob Dylan wrote 

We sat there stoned and amazed 

We forgot to eat, we forgot to sleep 

Searching for the perfect line 

So here's to the good old days, baby, one more time 

I remember Jimmy saying, if he had two blues and a beer 

He might get some sleep tonight, give his head a chance to clear 

I reminded him of an old girlfriend singing at a bar called Slim's 

And I recall him doing lot's of things that night, 

But sleeping wasn't one of them 

But those were the days (those were the days) 

Man those were the days (those were the days) 

We learned all the songs the Beatles sang 

We even tried Purple Haze 

We forgot to eat, we forgot to sleep 

Searching for the perfect rhyme 

So here's to the good old days, baby, one more time 

We were wild and young and willing, we are still are in some ways 

Every now and then we still have one of them good old days 

And it makes me proud when I think out loud 

About lovers and dreams and songs 

And how it always kept me going and the best ones are never gone 

But those were the days (those were the days) 

Man those were the days (those were the days) 

We learned all the songs by Hank and Lefty 

There must have been a thousand ways 

We forgot to eat, we forgot to sleep 

And all but the very best lines 

And even a few of those from time to time 

But those were the days (those were the days) 

Man those were the days (those were the days) 

So here's to the good old days, baby, one more time