Dar: 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
Chorus:
Glory days well 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 that lives up the block
back in school she could turn all the boy's 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
Chorus
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 nine years old and 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 aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days
Now I think I'm going 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 time slips away
and leaves you with nothing mister but
boring stories of glory days
Comment or review
Dar:Ever notice that every time Bruce Springsteen talks to someone they "have a few drinks?" Even if they're just LEAVING the bar he'll push them back in for a few more.
Reason submitted
Dar: I come from a small Welsh town - Then I went to London and worked for some of the best photographers all over the world including meeting and photographing some real A list celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Jerry Hall, Melanie Griffiths, Nick Faldo to name a few.
When I returned home to the guys who had never left the area and told them - they didn't believe me and this song reminds me about that scenario.
The only one that ever did was Doug who saw the pictures of me with these poeple - respect Doug - your a rock
What do you know about this artist or track that others may not?
Dar: This is one of Springsteen's favorites. He almost always plays it at the impromptu bar gigs he is famous for on the Jersey Shore.
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