Here's a song about living in the past   If it was so good then, how come it didn't last?   If it helps you, I'll put it in a phrase   Those were the times but these are the days      These are the days, these are the days   These are the days, these are the days   Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey      The times you're smiling back on, had that great sitcom   It hardly compensated for the terror of the bomb   Let me help 'cause you're looking through a haze   Those were the times, these are the days      These are the days, hey, hey, hey   These are the days, can you hear me now?   These are the days, look around, look around, look around   These are the days      These are the days, hey, hey live today   These are the days, it's time to put the past away   These are the days, the more you do the more you say   These are the days, the more I need to get away      You're longing for a time there never was, now tell me the truth   You're looking for the reason it's because, you're fighting for youth   But if I have to listen any more to fantasy talk   Or any other bug you have, I am leaving      Now I'm not saying everything is really great   (Hey, hey, hey)   After sixteen years of legalized class hate   Why waste time looking back for things to praise?   (Hey, hey, hey)   Those were the times huh, but these are the days      These are the days, looking back in history   These are the days, time to get contemporary   These are the days, the past is not the place to be   These are the days      These are the days, hey, hey live today   These are the days, it's time to put the past away   These are the days, the more you do the more you say   These are the days, the more I need to get away      Hey, hey, hey   Hey, hey, hey   Hey, hey, hey   ...