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RAK 15 Those Days Again
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Pop-folky mock-nostalgic song with a darker break from Steve
folk 60s nostalgia
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #93
Peak in subgenre #16
Author
Martin Stirrup / Steve Franks
Rights
Martin Stirrup / Steve Franks
Uploaded
October 19, 2014
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MP3 4.9 MB • 160 kbps • 4:15
Story behind the song
Another folky singalong… this time extolling the joys of lost youth. It was never meant to suggest that ‘things were better back then’ (‘cos I don’t think they were), rather to capture the innocent naivety and optimism of youth. Steve felt it need some counterbalancing though, so added a darker section of his own.
Lyrics
RAK 15 Those Days Again (Stirrup/Franks!) (Steve Franks & Connie Gilham harmonies) C F C G C Set it down in rhythm, set it down in rhyme C F C G Set it down forever, while we still have the time F F4 F F2 F C G And though you’ve heard it all before we’ll sing it once again C F C C2 C G C G For we’ll never see the like of those days again Bb F C Oh the days were full of sunshine and the nights were full of fun Bb F C G We thought not of the future, we knew it’s time would come C C F C F G We’d never rest for a merry jest and join in each refrain C F C C2 C G C Oh we’ll never see the like of those days again chorus Oh we were full of innocence that some might call naïve But if we were honest with ourselves, then how could we deceive All the same we writ it plain with hope that would remain Oh we’ll never see the like of those days again Am F E Confident and arrogant we shunned our parents’ ways added by Steve Am C E7 Put our trust in peace and love while bloody wars they raged Dm Ab G For mostly we just partied through the Vietnam campaign Am F E Getting work was easy, getting girls was new Am C E7 Getting stoned was dangerous and we lost a few Dm C G As Janice, Jimmy, Keith and Brian tumbled from that train Am F C G Am Oh we’ll never see the likes of those days again Oh we never thought of parting, of going our separate way There was such camaraderie that always held its sway For we’d never pass for an empty glass, no we’d treat it with disdain Oh we’ll never see the like of those days again Chorus x2 plus slower last line ending on Am
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