THERE WAS A TIME BACK IN THE DAY
WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE STRONG OR SO THEY SAY
LIVIN' FROM THE LAND MAKIN' FOOD WITH THEIR HANDS
USIN' THEIR BRAINS ALONG WITH THEIR HEARTS
CLOTHES WERE MADE FROM ANIMAL SKINS
NUTS FROM THE TREES WERE STORED IN BINS
FRUIT IN THE SUMMER HUNT DEER IN FALL
LURE A BIG GOBBLER WITH A TURKEY CALL
PARTIES THEN THEY LASTED DAYS
NO CLOCK TO PUNCH NO BILLS TO PAY
MAN WAS MAN AND WOMAN WAS DIVINE
IF YOU WERE IN BETWEEN WELL... THAT WAS FINE
KIDS GOT TO PLAY IN NATURE'S WAY
NO SCHOOL TO LULL YOUR SPIRIT AWAY
THE HEAVENS AND EARTH THEY DID CONNECT
FROM MAN TO ANIMAL THERE WAS RESPECT

YEAH.... THOSE WERE THE DAYS

ALL THE PEOPLE THEY HAD A HOME
COULD'VE BEEN A LONGHOUSE, TEEPEE OR DOME
SEASONS BROUGHT YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED
OVER THE YEARS LIFE KEPT REPEATIN'
IF ONE WAS HUNGRY ALL WERE SO
EQUALITY WAS A WAY TO SHOW
THAT GOD WAS HEARD LIKE A RAUCOUS BIRD
CALLING TO IT'S MATE
FAMILY LIFE HAD NO TIME FOR STRIFE
CUZ' IT IS JUST A WASTE OF TIME
THE OLD WEREN'T COLD NOR LEFT ALONE
THEIR STORIES PASSED THE TIME
LIFE WENT ON AND ON AND ON
LIKE AN ENDLESS FLOWING RIVER
MOTHER EARTH WAS REVERED
AS THE BLESSED LOVING GIVER

YEAH... THOSE WERE THE DAYS

BACK IN THE DAY ONE ALWAYS PRAYED
AND YEARNED TO LIVE IN TUNE
YOU HOPED FOR LUCK TO SHOOT A BUCK
OR A SEAL YOU COULD HARPOON
LIFE MADE SENSE AND WAS FULL OF SUSPENSE
IN GOD'S OWN NATURAL WAY
A SONG WAS SUNG IN AND AMONG
EVERY BRIGHT NEW DAY
THE LAND WAS ALIVE SO THE PEOPLE THEY THRIVED
IN AND OUT OF YEARS
SO MUCH TIME IN FAMILY RHYME
A LIFE AMONG YOUR PEERS
NOW IT SEEMS THE LIVES WE LEAD
THERE'S SO MUCH DESPERATE FEAR
IT'S COMING BACK SO STAY ON TRACK
AND DRY UP ALL OF YOUR TEARS...

YEAH... THOSE WERE THE DAYS!