ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A TAVERN
WHERE WE USED TO RAISE A GLASS OR TWO
REMEMBER HOW WE LAUGHED AWAY THE HOURS
THINK OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE WOULD DO
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIEND
WE'D SING AND DANCE FOREVER AND A DAY
FOR WE WERE YOUNG AND SURE TO HAVE OUR WAY
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JUST TONIGHT I STOOD BEFORE THE TAVERN
NOTHING SEEMED THE WAY IT USED TO BE
IN THE GLASS, I SAW STRANGE REFLECTIONS
WAS THAT LONELY WOMAN REALLY ME
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIEND
WE'D SING AND DANCE FOREVER AND A DAY
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, OH, YES, THOSE WERE THE DAYS
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THROUGH THE DOOR, THERE CAME FAMILIAR LAUGHTER
I SAW YOUR FACE AND HEARD YOU CALL MY NAME
OH, MY FRIEND, WE'RE OLDER BUT NO WISER
FOR IN OUR HEARTS, THE DREAMS ARE STILL THE SAME
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIEND
WE'D SING AND DANCE FOREVER AND A DAY
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, OH, YES, THOSE WERE THE DAYS
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