[Verse] remembering back, when we's kids running, fighting, always playing having the time, of our lives if only we'd known, how true that was [instrumental] now we's grown up life ain't no fun I'm a broken waste, the damage done what I wouldn't give, for one more day, of our youth, all the joy and laughter, that has been over time, eroded [nostalgic instrumental] [chorus] those golden days, shine all the brighter when you're lookin back from the dark I wish I'd known, I'd of held on tighter to those Golden... Days [fiddle instrumental] [Verse] just us kids in the country the world was our plaything hunting and exploring to our hearts content and lord were we ever, content and loving it [instrumental] look at us now, most are doing okay, but still beaten down, some's been divorced, others not far now, and I'm a washed up drunk without a leg to stand on, how did it come to this if this is it, I feel like punchin' my ticket! [banjo instrumental] [chorus] those golden days, shine all the brighter when you're lookin back from the dark I wish I'd known, I'd of held on tighter to those Golden... Days [fiddle instrumental] [bridge] depression is, about my only friend cause when I'm alone, he's always sitting, right on my chest it's hard to breathe hard to get up do fuckin' anything yeah when I'm alone which is usually I sit and fester in the fermenting memories of what once was but will never be again.... (Oh God I Wanna Go Back!!) to those..... [chorus] those golden days, that shine all the brighter when you're lookin back from the dark you've been lost in I wish I'd known, I'd of held on tighter to those Golden... Days (Those Golden Days!) [outro] I'd of held on! (to those golden days) a lot tighter (to those golden days) Those Golden Days! [closing instrumental]
