Lost an old friend this weekend. Kids together, formed a band, built houses and occasionally jammed.
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70s music
Story behind the song
"Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to the Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" , literally "By the long road"), composed by Boris Fomin (19001948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevsky123. The song was first released by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton in 1971. It was also written by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams specifically for All in the Family.
Lyrics
[Verse]
Gm
Once upon a time there was a tavern,
Cm
where we used to raise a glass or two.
Gm
Remember how we laughed away the hours,
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and dreamed of all the great things we would do.
[Refrain]
Gm
Those were the days, my friend,
Cm
we thought they'd never end,
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we'd sing and dance for ever and a day;
Cm
We'd live the life we choose,
Gm
we'd fight and never lose,
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For we were young, and sure to have our way.
Cm
La la la la la la la la la la la la
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Those were the days, oh yes those were the days.
[Verse]
Then the busy years went rushing by us.
We lost our starry notions on the way.
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern,
we'd smiled at one another, and we'd say:
[Refrain]
[Verse]
Just tonight I stood before the tavern.
Nothing seemed the way it used to be.
In the glass I saw a strange reflection,
was that lonely woman really me?
[Refrain]
[Verse]
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.