Verse One
Looking back on the days of my youth,
Reckless and young, and life was fool proof,
I sit there and smile as I look at the past,
Then my heart starts to melt because I want it to last,
The parties all night and staying in bed all day,
Oh how I wish those times never ran away.

Chorus
Those were the days,
Those were the times I loved,
Photographs and distant laughs,
Innocent fools and breaking rules,
These were the years that time forgot,
Yeah those were the days.

Verse Two
Nostalgia is catching like a fire,
But now this feeling is about to expire,
But photos they hold all the stories we told,
The truth, the dares, how we broke the mould,
Clothes stained with dirt and our minds weren’t so clean,
I crave for the years of how it should still be.

Chorus
Those were the days,
Those were the times I loved,
Photographs and distant laughs,
Innocent fools and breaking rules,
These were the years that time forgot,
Yeah those were the days.

Bridge
I’m still a child at heart,
I want this life to slow down,
Rewind the clock and restart,
Instead of this chaos that I live in now.

Chorus x 2**
Those were the days,
Those were the times I loved,
Photographs and distant laughs,
Innocent fools and breaking rules,
These were the years that time forgot,
Yeah those were the days.