Those Days Are Gone

Those Days Are Gone A summer night in late July When everything had seemed just right And I still had time But so it goes, the days grow cold And every single story told Ends in a goodbye I used to be a better man Making all the biggest plans I swore I’d follow through Now here I am with empty hands I think I finally understand The meaning in the truth I remember driving in my sister’s car With the girl to whom I gave a heart That she never returned We listened to our favorite songs The ones that helped us get along When we ran out of words But those days are gone Can’t get ‘em back Been gone for a while now As a matter of fact And you can’t hold on to what has past But those days were gone too fast Feels like yesterday that I was seventeen when I thought that I knew everything There was for me to know Then lessons like the thunder came And with them fell the pouring rain And sent me running home But I’d rather learn than just be told I’d rather grow than just get old And reap what I sow Now and then I still pretend That I have all the same old friends I used to know And it’s a shame when people change But others come to take their place, you learn to let them go Oh you gotta let them go Cuz those days are gone Can’t get ‘em back Been gone for a while now As a matter of fact And you can’t hold on To what has past But don’t get me wrong t Those days were gone too fast Those days were gone too fast