GLORY DAYS^©

Live 04 Jul 1985 version

Well see, I had this friend, he was a big baseball player back in high school
And man, he could throw that speedball by you, make you look like a fool boy
Well I saw him the other night in this roadside bar, I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks, but all he kept talking about was

Glory days
They'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days

Well now there's this girl, well she lives up the block, but back in school man she could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by and have a few drinks with her after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby, well they split up I guess, it's must be about two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times, she says when she feels like crying, she starts laughing thinking about

Glory days
They'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days

Alright London, express yourself
Whoa!

Think I'm going down to the well tonight and I'm gonna drink till I get my fill
Well I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it, but I probably will
Yeah just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of
Well the time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but boring stories of

Glory days
They'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
They'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days

Alright!
Oh yeah!
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah)
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah)
Ah ah aha! (crowd: Aha)
Aaha haha! (crowd: Aaha haha)
Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o)
Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o)
Guma guma guma guma! (crowd: Guma guma guma guma)
Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o)
Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o)
Ah ah oh yeah! (crowd: Ah ah oh yeah)
Keep goin' on rocking now people
that's what I will do
Don't ever be stopping
Because I hear that big clock saying boss
You're 30, 31, 32, 33 (oh no), 34 (oh no), 35 (oooh)
Big man, we're (no), we're (no), we're (no), we're (no), yeah (no), we're (no), we're adults


It's ancient history now baby
Whao!

Alright!
Alright!
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Alright! (crowd: Alright)
Let's rock!

I wonder if we rock

These lyrics refer to the live performance on 04 Jul 1985 at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, during the Born In The USA tour.

Check the album's version, the extra verse outtake, and the original demo. Check also these live versions form the Born In The USA tour: 12 Jul 1984, 19 Aug 1984, 20 Aug 1984, 14 Sep 1984, 18 Nov 1984, 19 Nov 1984, 07 Dec 1984, and 07 Jan 1985. They are pretty similar, but the spoken introductions differ sometimes. Check also these live versions form the Tunnel Of Love Express tour, 10 May 1988, Human Rights Now! tour, 15 Oct 1988, Human Touch tour, 10 Jul 1992 and 24 Jun 1993, and The Rising tour, 16 Nov 2002, 07 Mar 2003, 26 Jul 2003, and 06 Aug 2003. All those live versions are very similar.

Song intro on 04 Jul 1985 at Wembley Stadium, London, UK:

Come on! Everybody now! Alright! (crowd: Alright) Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah) Alright! (crowd: Alright) Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah) Alright! (crowd: Alright) Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah) Alright! (crowd: Alright) Come on now! (crowd: Come on now) Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah) Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah) Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o) Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o) Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o) Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o) Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o) Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o) Oh oh o-oh! (crowd: Oh oh o-o) Guma guma guma guma! (crowd: Guma guma guma guma) Ooh, alright! (crowd: Alright) That's a good singing now, yes it is.
Man, wait a minute, wait a minute. Man, I gotta sit down a minute. Too much excitement. I'm getting too old (cheers). Yeah, bring it down boys, that's too loud (chuckles). Oh, I'm 35 now man, all this jumping around tires you out and stuff, what am I telling you? Oh, now Roy, he turned 36 the day before yesterday (cheers). He's gone, it's too late, he's over the hill. I'm just 35, I've got a little time left. I can go out and find out about life still. Oh, but this is a song about growing old, gonna happen to everybody. You might as well go with it (chuckles), instead of going against it. Yeah (chuckles). But like, like I remember these sometimes you go out on a Friday night, there's always somebody who comes up to you in a bar and always go like "Ooh, remember me?", and you look at him and you kinda remember him but... "You remember me, like, high school? Yeah, we went to high school together... Yeah, remember the guy, the guy in study hall, the guy that dumped the pizza pie on your shirt? Yeah, that's me, that's me" "Oh, yeah, yeah, how you doing ??? yeah". But everybody always telling you what a great time you had in high school and stuff. Like they got all that nostalgia stuff for the 50's and American Graffiti and all that stuff. But like I remember high school man, high school was the worst man, I hated high school (cheers). Couldn't stand it. Man, I was bad at my studies, I couldn't do no sports, I didn't know how to uh, uh, uh, you know. In high school I was only interested in two things. Now, one was the guitar, and the other one was, amore, amore (chuckles). Now, of those two, the guitar's the only one I really became good at. That's why the shows are so long 'cause the other thing happens so fast (cheers). Yeah, but that's alright. I'm practicing, I'm still practicing, practicing (chuckles). See, I'm married now so I get in a lot of practice (cheers) (chuckles). Oh, hey man. Anyway, in the end it ain't nothing but glory days. Are you ready big man? Alright. Are you ready people?