GLORY DAYS^©

Live 14 Sep 1984 version

You see, I had this friend, he was a big baseball player back in high school
Man, he could throw that speedball by you, make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at 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
Yeah they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
Whoa!

Now there's this girl, well she lives up the block, and back in school 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, almost be two years gone by now
Well we just sit around talking about the old times, she says when she feels like crying, she starts laughing thinking about

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

Let's express ourselves boys!
Whoa!

Think I'm going down to 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
Hey 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
Yeah they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
Yeah they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days

Whoa!
Alright!
Oh yeah! (It's alright)
Come on now! (Oh yeah)
Alright! (Alright)
Oh yeah! (Come on now)
Alight! (Alright)
Come on now! (Oh yeah)
Alright keep goin' rockin' boys
Don't ever be stoppin' now
It's too late to stop now
But I can hear that clock ticking away every minute in my foolish life, and everyday
It says Boss, you're 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, thirty, thirty, thirty (what), thirty (what), thirty (what)
Alright!
Oh yeah!
Alright!
Come on now! (Whoa)
Alright! (Alright)
Oh yeah!
But I'm, I'm just getting old now

Alright out there!

These lyrics refer to the live performance on 14 Sep 1984 at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 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, 18 Nov 1984, 19 Nov 1984, 07 Dec 1984, 07 Jan 1985, and 04 Jul 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 14 Sep 1984 at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA:

Let's go! Alright take it easy now boys! Alright! Oh yeah! (Come on now) Come on now! Oh yeah! (crowd: Oh yeah) It's Friday night! (cheers) I'm feeling alright! Yeah! (crowd: Yeah) Whoa! (crowd: Weah) Whoa! (crowd: Weah) Whoa! (crowd: Weah) Alright.
Now this is a song about ancient history. And I don't mean the Phoenicians and the... all them crazy guys. I mean old times. Now, I was watching this "Twilight Zone" the other night. We play so long that by the time I get home, the only thing on is "Twilight Zone" (cheers). And the strange thing about it, it's only on on my TV (Clarence: Boo!) (chuckles). Anyway I watching this "Twilight Zone" and it was the one about this old actor, and like he's up in, up in his years, and all he does is keep thinking 'bout the old times, and how great things were when he was, when he thinks he was a young man and, and how, you know, nice everything was, and so all of a sudden... (plays a bit of "Outer Limits" on guitar) (cheers), he gets whipped back into the Twilight Zone. And, when he gets back there, he finds out that everything that he thought was so great wasn't that great after all, and that everybody's treating him like an old dog and, and you know, he wishes he was back, back where he was. So anyway, the end of the thing, he comes back into the present time, and he feels a lot better. The reason I bring this up is that I always meet people that tell me about what a great time I had in high school and stuff. You know, they always tell me "Oh, we had so much fun then", you know. But, I seem to remember that in school I had a lousy time (cheers). I didn't have no fun, had to do homework (crowd: booo!). No! Now back when this time a year comes around, I'm still glad that I don't have to go back (cheers). ??? up. But anyway, the only thing that was good about high school is I got interested in two things that are still very near and dear to me. One of 'em's the guitar (cheers). And I got good at that one. The other one, I'm still looking for some volunteers who wanna practice, practice, practice (cheers). Ah, that's all, ah anyway back, back to where we were, back. Shame on you, shame on you, ok? (Clarence chuckles). Gentlemen, are you prepared?...