Now These Days Are Gone - Shriekback

It sounded good, love, 'til that beautiful song

Turned to a plea and a spasm and it all went wrong

The coffee grind got bitter, hit you right in the head

Tremble like a tambourine poisoned with lead

Really dead, love, can’t recall what we saw

Take a little wake-up, we’ve been here before

And it’s all coming round again

And we’re all flashing back

And we do what we have to do

Time won’t cut no slack

We were living in the future

Now those days are gone

We were kings, we were preachers

Now those days are gone

We had incubi and succubi

Now those days are gone

All these pleasures standing by

Now those days are gone

Well, we thrived on amphetamine, whiskey and gin

Taken with a passion stirred and shaken within

'Cos people like us face our demons alike

Got that panic in the eye, got that finger in the dyke

Now the cheap psychoanalyst will probe and he’ll find

The elephant is in the room -we kiss its behind

And it’s all coming round again

And we’re all flashing back

And it seemed like a good idea

'Til the screen went black

We were living in the future

Now those days are gone

We were kings, we were preachers

Now those days are gone

We had incubi and succubi

Now those days are gone

All these pleasures standing by

Now those days are gone

We were burning through our wishes

Now those days are gone

We were sharing loaves and fishes

Now those days are gone

We were high on the honey

Now those days are gone

Forget about the money

Now those days are gone

And it’s all coming round again

And we’re all flashing back

And we do what we have to do

Time won’t cut no slack

We were living in the future

Now those days are gone

We were kings, we were preachers

Now those days are gone

We had incubi and succubi

Now those days are gone

All these pleasures standing by

Now those days are gone

We were burning through our wishes

Now those days are gone

We were sharing loaves and fishes

Now those days are gone

We were high on the honey

Now those days are gone

Forget about the money

Now those days are gone

Now those days are gone

Now those days are gone

Now those days are gone

Now those days are gone