Golden Days

Somewhere a long time ago
Took a walk to a record store
Five bucks no price to pay
To hear Jerry Lee 20 times a day
I was 19 and the world was mine
The phone rang and I didn’t mind
Going round and round and round halcyon times
Going round and round and round halcyon times
Cut ahead and I’m 21
I can buy a drink I can buy a gun
I can drive a car past the county line
I can meet a girl and make her mine
Get a job bring the money home
The whole world was a pleasure dome
Going round and round and round halcyon times
Going round and round and round halcyon times
These are golden days
Blue skies light my way
God bless God save golden days
Cut ahead and I’m 25
She was so right and so alive
A set of vows and a baby boy
One heart barely held the joy
Summertime by the riverside
A hot grill and a double-wide
Looking back now it seems to be
This old life’s been good to me
There’s been hard times but I can’t complain
I would go back and do it all again