Old days, golden, covering the bases
Back when we used to punch each other in the faces
Under my skin, try on the ions
See how it feels, let bygones be bygones
Path of the obscure, script of the well-known
That's when we didn't know shit from the elbow
Underground meant something, low-watt apocalypse
Cats stuck in trees, robots and rocket ships

Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice

Hooks for hands, trash in a can
Cash and a plan, flash in the pan
Baseball, baseball; making the catches
Tearing the roof off, playing with matches
Bumped and bruised, dumped by the girlfriend
Satan and Santa Claus, waiting for the world's end
Dancing in the bathroom, suffering and hatred
Cutting the trees down like nothing is sacred
Struck by lighting, brand new exciting dance
Writing grants, we might have had a fighting chance
Words like weapons that dealt a crushing blow
Under the stars on the edge of touch and go
Boogeymen, dirty books, fingers crossed just in case
Sadly mistaken, trying to make it to second base
Men drew lines, young boys drew knives
Heavy study, everybody had two lives

Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice

[Like-like-like, like back in the past]
('Cause it ain't like it was in the old days)
[Like it-like it was in the old days]
(Way back when)
[Like-like-like, like back in the past]
('Cause it ain't like it was in the old days)

Dry heaves; it's over so why grieve?
Out to lunch, used to be so naïve
Odd jobs; we bought stories and sold bottles
Living in the world of superheroes and role models
Big deals, outer limits and fringes
Stop and start, throwing shopping carts off bridges
Men of the rodeo and women of burlesque
Epic battles and apples on the teachers desk
Crying wolves awaken in a cave
Weakness, secrets taken to the grave
The bigger the better, unfair and so drastic
Things made of wood, long days, and no plastic
Floozies weighed a ton, forty-fifths, thirty-thirds
Limits untested, first kisses, and dirty words
Devil's in the details, God saw everybody
Bad joke, haha, very funny

Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when, solid gold; that song on the radio is nice
Way back when

('Cause it ain't like it was in the old days)
[Like it-like it was in the old days]
[Like back in the past]
(Way back when)
[Like-like-like, like back in the past]
('Cause it ain't like it was in the old days)
(Way back when)
('Cause it ain't like it was)
('Cause it ain't like it was in the old days)
(Way back when)
[Back in the past]
(Way back when)
('Cause it ain't like it was in the old days)