GLORY DAYS^©

Live 12 Jul 1984 version

Well now,
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 his

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

Now there's this girl, well she lives up the block, back in school she could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by, have a few drinks but after she put her kids to bed
Well her and her husband Bobby, well, they split up, I, 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
Yeah they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days

Alright, let's rock it now boys!
Whoa!

Think I'm going down to the well tonight and I'm gonna drink till I get my fill
Well I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it, yeah but I probably will
I'm 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
Yeah they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
Yeah they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days

Alright!
Alright!
Oh yeah!
Alright! (Alright)
Come on now! (Oh yeah)
Alright! (Alright)
Come on boys! (Oh yeah)
Oh keep on rockin' now! (Oh yeah)
Don't be ???
Oh I see my birthday coming up
31, 32 (whoa), 33, 34 (whoa), ooh thirty ffff... Ah!
Whoa!
Alright!
Yeah alright!
Come on now! (Alright)
Alright! (Alright)
Oh yeah! (Oh yeah)
Alright! (Alright)
Ah everybody's gonna get old

These lyrics refer to the live performance on 12 Jul 1984 at Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI, during the Born In The USA 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: 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.

Song intro on 12 Jul 1984 at Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI:

And then, and then... Let's rock! Take it easy now, boys! Alright.
Is there a guy named Carl out there tonight? I don't know, the guy with the sign that says 'Are you loose?' on it. There it is. I got your letter, it's upside down now (chuckles). I got your letter. (someone from the crowd: Yeah!). This is for all the old-timers. Anybody who seen us when we played at the 'Bomb Scare' (chuckles) show. What a wonderful night (chuckles). Oh man, this is especially for anybody who's, who's, who's over 30 out there? (cheers). Woah! Anybody over 40 out there? (cheers). Oh man! Alright. That's old (chuckles). Almost as old as Clarence. But Clarence still looks good (cheers).