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“Old Days” is a single for Chicago VIII, written by the band’s trombonist James Pankow and sung by their bassist Peter Cetera. The lyrics reminisce on Pankow’s childhood as a boy in the 1950’s, filled with imagery of common items he possessed at the time.
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[Verse 1: Peter Cetera]
Old days
Good times, I remember
Fun days
Filled with simple pleasure
Drive-in movies
Comic books and blue jeans
Howdy Doody
Baseball cards and birthdays
[Chorus: Peter Cetera]
Take me back
To a world gone away
Memories
Seem like yesterday
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2: Peter Cetera]
Old days
Good times, I remember
Gold days
Days I'll always treasure
Funny faces
Full of love and laughter
Funny places
Summer nights and streetcars
[Chorus: Peter Cetera]
Take me back
To the world gone away
Boyhood memories
Seem like yesterday
[Outro: Peter Cetera, All, (Bandmates)]
Old days
On my mind and in my heart to stay (Ah)
Old days
Darkened dreams of good times gone away (Ah)
Old days
Days of love and feeling fancy free (Ah)
Old days
Days of magic still so close to me (Ah)
Old days
On my mind and in my heart to stay (Ah)
Old days
Darkened dreams of good times gone away (Ah)
Old days
Days of love and feeling fancy free (Ah)
Old days
Old Days was written by James Pankow.
Old Days was produced by James William Guercio.
Dutch, German versions
Japanese, Portuguese versions
James Pankow said:
It’s a memorabilia song, it’s about my childhood […] It touches on key phrases that, although they date me, are pretty right-on in terms of images of my childhood. ‘The Howdy Doody Show’ on television and collecting baseball cards and comic books