Lyrics

THE GLORY DAYS

Verse 1

YOU COULD SEE HIM ON THAT FRONT PORCH
EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
LOOKING OFF IN THE DISTANCE
LIKE HE?D ALWAYS DO

NO ONE CAME TO SEE HIM
THEY SAID HIS FAMILY?S GONE
I THOUGHT HE LOOKED SO HELPLESS
SITTING ALL ALONE

SO I SAT DOWN BESIDE HIM
AND WE EXCHANGED OUR NAMES
THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL
IN THAT OLD WEATHERED FACE

HE SAID DON?T SHOW ME PITTY
AS HE LOOKED INTO MY EYES
HE SAID I AM A SOLDIER
AND HE RAISED HIS HEAD UP HIGH

Verse 2

HE TALKED ABOUT THE OLD DAYS
AND PLACES HE HAD BEEN
WHEN PEOPLE SAW OLD GLORY
AND THEY STILL HAD RESPECT

WE ALL STEPPED SO PROUDLY
WHEN WE CAME MARCHING HOME
TO CROWDS OF CHEERING PEOPLE
BUT NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE

Chorus

THE GLORY DAYS ARE OVER NOW
AND TIME HAS PASSED HIM BY
THE BATTLES THAT OLD SOLDIER FOUGHT
HAVE LONG BEEN LEFT BEHIND

THEY SAY OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE
THEY JUST FADE AWAY
HOLDING ON TO MEMORIES
OF ALL THOSE GLORY DAYS

Verse 3

I CAME IN THAT SUNDAY
AND LOOKED AROUND FOR HIM
SOMEONE SAID I?M SORRY
THAT YOU HAVE LOST YOUR FRIEND

I WALKED DOWN THAT HALLWAY
HIS ROOM WAS COLD AND BARE
EXCEPT FOR THAT OLD SHOEBOX
AND A LETTER LYING THERE

THE BOX WAS FULL OF MEDALS
FROM BATTLES HE HAD WON
HE WANTED ME TO HAVE THEM
FOR ALL THAT I HAD DONE

I SWEAR FOR JUST A MOMENT
I FAINTLY COULD SEE HIM
PROUDLY MARCHING DOWN THE ROAD
WITH HIS OLD FRIENDS AGAIN

Chorus

THE GLORY DAYS ARE OVER NOW
AND TIME HAS PASSED HIM BY
THE BATTLES THAT OLD SOLDIER FOUGHT
HAVE LONG BEEN LEFT BEHIND

THEY SAY OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE
THEY JUST FADE AWAY
HOLDING ON TO MEMORIES
OF ALL THOSE GLORY DAYS

© 1995 Jerry Buckner