Days Gone By

Well I know I said that so long ago I would not say it now But I didn't know what I said would stick like glue What I said in the days gone by Well they tried to stitch me up, so many words I said I said so long ago But we were, oh, so young and foolish then Hopefully we can make mistakes and then we grow For the days of auld lang syne, my love For the days of auld lang syne I want to drink, I want to drink a cup of kindness with you For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by And hopefully we will, hopefully we will keep on growing and growing Baby, baby, baby, baby, 'till we reach the sky If I ever reach, I have never yet But I'm gonna surely, gonna surely have to try, have to try For the sake of auld lang syne, my dear For the sake of auld lang syne I want to drink a cup, drink a cup of kindness For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by Yeah, yeah Well I feel so, feel so sorry for the ones who lead For to lead, they want to lead such a perfect life Sweep under everything Sweep everything underneath the rug And they're never free from conflict, from conflict and strife Because they perpetuate, perpetuate some kind of lie, my love Perpetuate, perpetuate the lie But everything I'm doing, everything I'm doing I had to fight for it, had to fight for it In the days In the days gone by There is no easy, no easy way out, my friend You got to get used to it, used to it somehow Everything you got in your life right up to now Somebody had to fight for it, you had to fight for it In the days gone by Well go walking, walking, walking up that hillside, now Where the heather, where the heather Where the heather's growing so wild Then I'm going to carry my child, carry my child on my shoulders Across the river, across the river For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by For the days gone by, my dear For the days, for the days gone by I want to share a cup, share a cup of kindness with you For the sake, for the sake of auld lang syne For auld, for auld lang syne, my dear For the sake, for the sake, for the sake of auld lang syne I'm gonna carry my child on my back across the river Gonna keep on walking, keep on walking Walking in the days, in the days of auld lang syne Have mercy now, have mercy now Have mercy, have mercy now Gonna keep on keepin' on, keep on keepin' on Keep on keepin' on, keep on keepin' on For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by Everything I have in my life right now I had to fight, had to fight for it somehow Gotta keep on fighting, keep on fighting Fighting today, fighting today For the sake of the days gone by For old acquaintance be forgot Yeah, never, never, never brought to mind I want to drink a cup, drink a cup, drink a cup of kindness For the sake of auld lang syne For the sake, for the days gone by my love For the sake of auld lang syne I wanna drink, I want to share, share a cup of kindness For the sake of the days gone by