Keeping the Faith

If it seems like I've been lost in let's remember

If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days

Oh, then you should have known me much better

'Cause my past is something that never got in my way

Oh, no

Still I would not be here now if I never had the hunger

And I'm not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends

Oh, 'cause I never felt the desire

To let music set me on fire, then I was saved, yeah

That's why I'm keeping the faith

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith

We wore matador boots, only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel

Iridescent socks with the same color shirt and a tight pair of chinos

Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket

You know the kind with the velvet collar and ditty-bop shades

Oh, yeah

Took a fresh pack of Luckies and a mint called Sen-Sen

My old man's Trojans and his Old Spice aftershave

Oh, combed my hair in a pompadour

Like the rest of the Romeos wore, a permanent wave, yeah

We were keeping the faith

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith

You can get just so much from a good thing

You can linger too long in your dreams

Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies

'Cause the good ol' days weren't always good

And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

Learned stick ball as a formal education

Lost a lot of fights, but it taught me how to lose okay

Oh, I heard about sex but not enough

I found you could dance and still look tough anyway, oh yes, I did

I found out a man ain't just being macho

Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food

Drank a lot of take home pay

I thought I was the Duke of Earl

When I made it with a red-haired girl in the Chevrolet, oh yeah

We were keeping the faith

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith

You know the good ol' days weren't always good

Tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

I told you my reasons for the whole revival

Now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade

Oh, I'm gonna listen to my forty-fives

Ain't it wonderful to be alive when the rock 'n' roll plays, yeah

When the memory stays, yeah

I'm keeping the faith

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith

I'm keeping the faith

Yes, I am

You know I'm keeping the faith, oh yes, I am

You know I'm keeping the faith

Oh, you know I am

And I'm keeping the faith

Oh, yeah