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Those Were the Days
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Buddy Emmons
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Boy, the way Glenn Miller played
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songs that made the hit parade.
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Guys like me we had it made.
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Those were the days.
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Didn't need no welfare state,
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ev'rybody pulled his weight,
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gee our old LaSalle ran great.
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Those were the days.
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And you knew who you were then,
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girls were girls and men were men.
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Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.
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People seemed to be content,
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fifty dollars paid the rent,
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freaks were in a circus tent.
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Those were the days.
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Take a little Sunday spin,
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go to watch the Dodgers win.
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Have yourself a dandy day,
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that cost you under a fin.
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Hair was short and skirts were long.
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Kate Smith really sold a song.
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I don't know just what went wrong,
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those were the days.
Those Were The Days
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