[Intro]
[Verse]
Wagon wheels and Tonka trucks
Ice cream soda, 7 Up
Preston lost the FA Cup
The goals were on the news
[Verse]
Cheesecloth shirts, jangly things
Eurovision Song Contest wins
All kinds of everything
And lonely Major Tom
[Verse]
Dr Who met Desperate Dan
400cc red Dyan
What on earth s a non-stick pan?
Easter weekend caravan
[Verse]
Our only phone was in the hall
Our supermarket still was small
Rope sandals and Patchouli
Trying to kiss a girl called Julie
[Verse]
Dave, Dee, Dozy, peek-a-boo
Baggy trousers, platform shoes
A drink of water still was free
Three kids, one small TV
[Verse]
Levi jacket, Wrangler jeans and
Procol Harum at King Cream
Navy skirt below her knee
My Progressive Rock LP s
[Chorus]
Were those my good old days?
Am I getting to a point in my life
When I can safely say?
They don t write them like that anymore
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
Dusty Springfield, Green Shield stamps
The kitchen wall was always damp
Desk s with inkwells, writer s cramp
Drinking beer at summer camp
[Verse]
Bonanza , Ask The Family
The Victor , Beano and the Dandy
Hornby trains and action men
The Beatles number one again
[Verse]
Benny Hill, the football fixtures
Bangles, Spangles, black sports mixtures
Muddy pictures, clumsy tackling
Ilija, Juri, Atkin
[Verse]
Wilson losing, Nixon lying
Thatcher winning, Lennon dying
Neil Armstrong, James Bond movies
Hearing words like fab and groovy
[Verse]
The three day week, Teddy s Tories
Stars on Sunday, Jack De Nouri
Reading my first Orwell story
Bobby Moore in all his glory
[Verse]
Hippy chicks in granddad vests
And Sunday s still a day of rest
How we loved The Old Grey Whistle Test
Supertramp and all the rest
[Chorus]
Were those my good old days?
Am I getting to a point in my life
When I can safely say?
They don t write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
Were those my good old days?
Am I getting to a point in my life
When I can safely say?
They don t write them like that anymore
[Verse]
Nowadays I can t leave home
Without I m in reach on mobile phone
Medication, reading glasses
I m the oldest at my evening classes
[Verse]
City centre, late night screeching
Hair extension, eyebrow bleaching
Empty pews stopped preachers preaching
Paperwork stopped teachers teaching
[Chorus]
Were those my good old days?
Am I getting to a point in my life
When I can safely say?
They don t write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
Were those my good old days?
Am I getting to a point in my life
When I can safely say?
They don t write them like that anymore
