These Are the Days - The Human League

Here’s a song about living in the past

If it was so good then, how come it didn’t last?

If it helps you, I’ll put it in a phrase

Those were the times but these are the days

These are the days, these are the days

These are the days, these are the days

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

The times you’re smiling back on, had that great sitcom

It hardly compensated for the terror of the bomb

Let me help 'cause you’re looking through a haze

Those were the times, these are the days

These are the days, hey, hey, hey

These are the days, can you hear me now?

These are the days, look around, look around, look around

These are the days

These are the days, hey, hey live today

These are the days, it’s time to put the past away

These are the days, the more you do the more you say

These are the days, the more I need to get away

You’re longing for a time there never was, now tell me the truth

You’re looking for the reason it’s because, you’re fighting for youth

But if I have to listen any more to fantasy talk

Or any other bug you have, I am leaving

Now I’m not saying everything is really great

(Hey, hey, hey)

After sixteen years of legalized class hate

Why waste time looking back for things to praise?

(Hey, hey, hey)

Those were the times huh, but these are the days

These are the days, looking back in history

These are the days, time to get contemporary

These are the days, the past is not the place to be

These are the days

These are the days, hey, hey live today

These are the days, it’s time to put the past away

These are the days, the more you do the more you say

These are the days, the more I need to get away

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey