Days of Elaine

Those were the days of Elaine

That was the phrase, that she used to describe to her son

Of the fun she had had

Long before he went away

Long before days of the dole and the dray and the lull

When the call never came

To say oh, oh, oh

Loiterin' lavender park

Layin' about in the day and the dark of a room

While the noon passes by

Always on verge of collapse

Mother would quit and then suffer a lapse, from the drink

You would think she was dead

What to say, oh, oh, oh

She'd say, oh, oh, oh, oh

And the time that it takes, will it go so slow? (Go so slow)

She laid on the brakes and she dulled the glow (Dulled the glow)

Doesn't it go so slow

When you build it up to tear it down?

Your tearin' it down

Tear it down

Those were the days

Those were the days of Elaine

The days of Elaine

The days of Elaine

A lover like Alan Delon

She followed him blind from saloon to salon

From the hills to the pills he would take

Father had died in the mines

Brother had shown now remorse for his crimes

When they strung him up, he got all hung up on the scaffolding

But he say, oh, oh, oh

He say, oh, oh, oh, oh

And the time that it takes, will it go so slow? (Go so slow)

She laid on the brakes and she dulled the glow (Dulled the glow)

Doesn't it go so slow?

When you build it up, to tear it down

You're tearing it down

Tear it down

Those are the days

Those were the days of Elaine

The days of Elaine

The days of Elaine