Those were the days riding bikes with no breaks just gliding
Free and unfazed we'd get caught in the rain but didn't mind it
Soaked wet through to our shoes our toes blue stuck with nothing to do and a nose that needs wiping
Cold, care free cut up knuckles and knees kicking ball in the street and all the fussing and fighting

But those days came and went by like lightning

If there was a way to go back to those days I'd find it
And I'd sit on the hill where the time would stand still and the sky split
Looking out over a town that we'd live and we'd die in
But those days came and went by like lightning

Eleven years old throwing stones at the road so misguided
Young and unhinged running wild in the wind the sun shining
Dragging our feet through the leaves in damp jeans mud and blood up our sleeves
We were bright and wide eyed and
Ruff and tuff skinned tarred with grit and grin ,scrawny arms and scarred shins
Full of pride and didn't hide it

But those days came and went by like lightning

If there was a way to go back to those days I'd find it
And I'd sit on the hill where the time would stand still and the sky split
Looking out over a town that we'd live and we'd die in
But those days came and went by like lightning

If there was a way to go back to those days I'd find it
And I'd sit on the hill where the time would stand still and the sky split
Looking out over a town that we'd live and we'd die in
But those days came and went by like lightning

They went by like lightning