Glory Days is a song by Bruce Springsteen that reflects on the nostalgia and contemplation of past glory days, mostly through the stories of people the singer knows. It talks about how these days are fondly remembered but also how life moves on and the importance of living in the present.
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Introduction:
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I had a friend was a big baseball player, back in high school
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He could throw that speedball by ya, make you look like a fool boy
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Saw him the other night at this roadside bar, I was walking in he was walking out
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We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks, but all we kept talking about
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Glory Days, well they'll pass you by
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Glory Days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
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Glory Days, glory days
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There was a girl that lives up the block, back in school she could turn all the boys heads
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Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by and have a few drinks, after she put her kids to bed
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Her and her husband Bobby, well they split up, I guess it's two years gone by
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We just sit around talking about the old times, she says when she feels like crying she starts
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laughing thinking about
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Glory Days, yeah they'll pass you by
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Glory Days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
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Glory Days, glory days
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Think I'm going down to the well tonight and I'm gonna, drink till I get my fill
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And I hope when I get older I don't sit around thinking about it, but I probably will
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Yeah just sitting back trying to recapture, a little of the glory of
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Well the time slips away, and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of
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Glory Days, yeah they'll pass you by
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Glory Days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
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Glory Days, glory days
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..., yeah they'll pass you by
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Glory Days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
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Glory Days, glory days
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All right Ooh yeah
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All right Come one now Repeat and ad lib to end (15 total outro A D lines)