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The Golden Age
And in the Golden Age
We used to sit and listen to the wireless
Oh, we were poor, you know
But we were happy
We stood atop a hill
And clutched our caps like nothing really mattered
With coal dust running down our laughing faces
But look around us now
The old days are totally gone
There's nothing left for us
But slag heaps and clouds
Why are they over?
Those were the best days of our lives
Goodbye my bygone days bygone days gone by
Goodbye my bygone days bygone days of days gone bygone days
Some people disagree
Some say that the old days were abysmal
Cause of the Wall Street Crash
And World War Something
But what of Fred Astaire
And Charlie Chaplin's foray into talkies
Marlene Dietrich's legs and King Kong's movements?
But look around us now
The old days are totally gone
Because of Father Time
And Old Mother Clock
We can rebuild them
We can remake those happy times
We have the power
We have the glory
We can build Eden
In the back yard of our minds
Goodbye my bygone days bygone days gone by
Behold the new days of magnience and splendorifity
The future creeps up like an actress
Pretending to be someone new
Brandish your mystic wand and say "Be gone"
And Lo, there came some ancient Kings
Who spake of European things
The distant sound of unheard symphonies and pizzicato strings
So raise a glass to ancient time
And sip a cup of ancient wine
As rain folds in our weathered hands like ancient fabled rhyme
Nobody will ever get sad
We'll never go mad
When we're living in the golden age
Nobody will ever get hurt
We'll never eat dirt
When we're living in the golden age
Everyone will have their own yacht
And we'll never get shot
When we're living in the golden age
Nobody will ever cry
We'll never ever die
When we're living in the golden age
Words by Waen Shepherd 2004
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Released on "Face Academy" GLSCD003
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