GLORY DAYS^©

Live 10 May 1988 version

Whoa!

Well I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school
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

Well there's a girl, she lives up the block, 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, must be, twenty years gone by now
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

Somebody ??? so rich, get wild out there!

Well I think I'm going down to the well tonight and I'm gonna drink till I get my fill
Hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it, but I know that I will
Yeah just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of
Well but time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but boring stories of

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

Well alright!
Oh yeah!
Well alright!
Come on now!
Well alright!
Oh yeah!
??? everybody?
Is the people ready?
You suckers in the dam seats there
Get that ??? down there, you guys ??? in the back over here man
Now here we go!
Whoa oh o-oh! (crowd: Whoa oh o-oh)
Whoa oh o-oh! (crowd: Whoa oh o-oh)
Whoa oh o-oh! (crowd: Whoa oh o-oh)
Whoa oh o-oh! (crowd: Whoa oh o-oh)
Blow that thing!

These lyrics refer to the live performance on 10 May 1988 at Met Center Bloomington, Minneapolis, MN, during the Tunnel Of Love Express 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, 14 Sep 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 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 10 May 1988 at Met Center Bloomington, Minneapolis, MN:

Alright now! This is for all you old suckers out there.