GLORY DAYS^©

Extra verse outtake

One, two, three, four!
Oh yeah!
Come on!
Whoa!
Hu

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 as 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
Well they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girls eye, glory days
Glory days

(Alright)

Well there's a girl that 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 after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby, well, they split up, I guess it's two 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
They'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girls eye, glory days
Glory days

(Alright boys, watch ???)
Rockin' now!
Whoa!

My old man worked 20 years on the line and they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work they just tell him that he's too old
I was 9 years old when he was working at the Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the Legion Hall, but I can tell what's on his mind

Glory days
Yeah goin' back, glory days
Oh he ain't never had, glory days
Glory days

Now I think I'm goin' down to the well tonight and I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it, but I probably will
Yeah just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of
Well the 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 girls eye, glory days
Glory days
Yeah they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girls eye, glory days
Glory days

(Yeah)
(Oh yeah)
Alright!
Ooh yeah!
Alright! (Alright)
Come on now! (Oh yeah)
Alright! (It's alright)
Ooh yeah (Oh yeah)
Alright! (Alright)
Come on now! (Oh yeah)
Woohoo! (Alright)
Woohoo! (Oh yeah)
Woohoo! (Oh yeah)
Woohoo! (Oh yeah)
Woohoo! (Come on now)
Woohoo! (???)
Woohoo! (Oh yeah)
Woohoo! (Let me ??? now)
Woohoo! (Let me ???)
Woohoo! (Oh yeah)
Woohoo! (???)
Woohoo!
Alright boys! keep on rockin' now!
Keep on going!
We're goin' to the ??? now!
???
Yeah! (Yeah)
??? (Woohoo)
Woohoo! (Hey)
Alright!
Alright! (Yeah)
Alright!
Whoa!
Alright!
Alright!
Alright!
Alright!
Alright!
Let's go!
Hahahaha
Whoa!

This version is the Born In The USA outtake that contains an extra verse (the 3rd verse: "My old man..."). It was recorded between Jan and May 1983 at Power Station Studios, New York, NY. This version appears on The Lost Master Vol. 19, The Lost Masters Essential collection II, This Hard Land, and Murder Incorporated bootlegs.

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 Tunnel Of Love Express tour, 10 May 1988, 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.