Monday, 7 March 2016


THOSE WERE THE DAYS - ã  1998



English rural country life

Hear church bells toll, See birds take flight

As I wander down the hedge-lined lane

Thinking of my youth again



Hurrying to do my chores

Then playing conkers with the boy next door

Staying out till fall of night, do I have to come in?

Yes, it’s bath-time, all right?



Until tomorrow, I’ll see you again,

All right, till then, I should go in.

Those were the days, when we’d run and hide,

We’d leave our doors open wide.



No one thought to rob you then,

There was nothing much to steal,

Unlike in this present day,  

When they’d take whatever they see.



I still look at the old days, through rose tinted glasses,

When the boys were the lads and the girls were the lasses.

If only the circle, could turn back again,

But unlike our descendants, we can all but dream!



 



Minor Edit 16/09/2015

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