Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
The first verse actually happened. The second verse mostly happened, and the third verse, of course, is happening now.
– Bruce Springsteen, Greatest Hits liner notes
The song was written initially as a trilogy – a friend (a boy), a girl and a father (the “missing verse”). These were three persons...
[Intro]
Oh yeah
C'mon
Wooh
Huh
[Verse 1]
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool, boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
[Chorus]
Glory days, well they'll pass you by
Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days (Alright)
[Verse 2]
Well, there's a girl that lives up the block
Back in school, she could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday, I'll stop by and have a few drinks
After she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband, Bobby, well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times
She says when she feels like crying
She starts laughing, thinking 'bout
[Chorus]
Glory days, yeah they'll pass you by
Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Rock it, now
[Missing Verse]
My old man worked twenty years on the line
And they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
They just tell him that he's too old
I was nine-years old and he was working
At the Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the Legion Hall
But I can tell what's on his mind
[Missing Chorus]
Glory days, yeah goin back
Glory days, aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days
[Verse 3]
I think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm gonna drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
But I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back, trying to recapture
A little of the glory, yeah
Well time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister
But boring stories of
[Chorus]
Glory days, yeah they'll pass you by
Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Glory days, yeah they'll pass you by
Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Well alright, ooh yeah
Well alright, (Alright) come on now (oh, yeah)
Well alright (Alright), ooh yeah (oh, yeah)
Alright, (Alright) come on now (oh, yeah)
Wooh yeah (Alright), wooh yeah (oh yeah)
Wooh yeah (Ooh)
Alright boys, keep a-rockin' now
Keep on goin'
We got [?] now
Bring it home, yeah
Bring it home, oh oh
Alright, well alright
Well alright, well alright
Well alright, well alright
Alright, alright
Let's go
Woo
Glory Days was written by Bruce Springsteen.
Glory Days was produced by Little Steven & Bruce Springsteen & Chuck Plotkin & Jon Landau.
Bruce Springsteen released Glory Days on Fri May 31 1985.