[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Wagon wheels and Tonka trucks
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Ice cream soda, 7 Up
Preston lost the FA Cup
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The goals were on the news
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Cheesecloth shirts, jangly things
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Eurovision Song Contest wins
All kinds of everything
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And lonely Major Tom
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Dr Who met Desperate Dan
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400cc red Dyan
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What on earth's a non-stick pan?
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Easter weekend caravan
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Our only phone was in the hall
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Our supermarket still was small
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Rope sandals and Patchouli
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Trying to kiss a girl called Julie
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Dave, Dee, Dozy, peek-a-boo
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Baggy trousers, platform shoes
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A drink of water still was free
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Three kids, one small TV
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Levi jacket, Wrangler jeans and
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Procol Harum at King Cream
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Navy skirt below her knee
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My Progressive Rock LP's
[Chorus]
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Were those my good old days?
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Am I getting to a point in my life
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When I can safely say?
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They don't write them like that anymore
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Dusty Springfield, Green Shield stamps
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The kitchen wall was always damp
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Desk's with inkwells, writer's cramp
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Drinking beer at summer camp
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'Bonanza', 'Ask The Family'
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The 'Victor', 'Beano' and the 'Dandy'
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Hornby trains and action men
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The Beatles number one again
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Benny Hill, the football fixtures
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Bangles, Spangles, black sports mixtures
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Muddy pictures, clumsy tackling
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Ilija, Juri, Atkin
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Wilson losing, Nixon lying
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Thatcher winning, Lennon dying
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Neil Armstrong, James Bond movies
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Hearing words like 'fab' and 'groovy'
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The three day week, Teddy's Tories
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Stars on Sunday, Jack De Nouri
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Reading my first Orwell story
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Bobby Moore in all his glory
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Hippy chicks in granddad vests
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And Sunday's still a day of rest
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How we loved 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'
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Supertramp and all the rest
[Chorus]
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Were those my good old days?
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Am I getting to a point in my life
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When I can safely say?
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They don't write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
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When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore
[Verse]
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Nowadays I can't leave home
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Without I'm in reach on mobile phone
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Medication, reading glasses
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I'm the oldest at my evening classes
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City centre, late night screeching
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Hair extension, eyebrow bleaching
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Empty pews stopped preachers preaching
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Paperwork stopped teachers teaching
[Chorus]
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Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
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When I can safely say?
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They don't write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore