Better slow down, child
Look up and around
Time is such a fleetin' thing
It ain't waitin' for you now
Smell some roses on the way
Make sure you can look back and say
That was a good ol' day
You're gonna look back in your old age
Say, I remember when
I was so young and so free
Now life has passed you by
And you're lookin' at the young ones
And they don't even know what they're gonna see
And you look at the past
Time goes so fast
Oh, those were the good ol' days
One of these days
You're gonna look around
Things aren't as you remember
Wishin' you could turn the clock
Remember the things you forgot
Erase your regrets
Place all your bets
Say what you should've said
But did not
Oh, these are the lonely days
Minds are clouded with memories
Tomorrows turned into yesterdays
Covet the things you haven't got
Made some mistakes
Oh, there's a lot
And now you don't have much time left
To ponder on what could've been
You're gonna look back in your old age
Say, I remember when
I was so young and so free
Now life has passed you by
And you're lookin' at the young ones
And they don't even know what they're gonna see
And you look at the past
Oh, time goes so fast
Oh, those were the good ol' days
Oh, oh those were your good ol' days
Oh, those were your good ol' days
Oh, those were the good ol' days