Kind of Gone by Then - Porter Howell

When I recall just how it felt When I went walking down by the lake My soul was free, my heart awake When I walked down into the town The mountain air was fresh and clear The sun was up behind the hill It felt so good to be alive On that morning in spring I want to sing this song for you I want to lift your spirits high And in my soul I want to feel The beauty of the days gone by The beauty of the days gone by It brings a longing to my soul To contemplate my own true self And keep me young as I grow old 'Cause beauty of the days gone by The music that we used to play So, lift your glass and raise it high Till the beauty of the days gone by I'll sing it from the mountain top Down to the valley down below Because my cup doth overflow With the beauty of the days gone by The mountain glen where we used to roam The gardens there by the railroad track Oh, my memory it does not lie Of the beauty of the days gone by The beauty of the days gone by It brings a longing to my soul To contemplate my own true self And keep me young as I grow old And keep me young as I grow old And keep me young as I grow old And keep me young as I grow old

There's a man on the corner Coming on like Moses Flogging new religion Like a bunch of plastic roses He's found his path To the bleeding heart of Jesus You tell him You've found yours Heir to a future, you never made There is nothing less amusing Then the amusement arcade In a city without a soul Newspaper boys selling you the hard truth Lucifer employs idle hands by night and day Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Don't let the smoke get in your eyes Well, the drunk outside the Wendy's Is becoming less than friendly A dog is barking at the moon The drunk outside the windy Is becoming less than friendly A dog is barking at the moon You want to get away From the city of light Then when you've gone You want to get back It is some strange addiction When you need to put yourself Back in your eye Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Don't let the smoke get in your eye Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by Stuck at the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Don't let the smoke get in your Stub out the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Stub out the dog-end of a day gone by, boy Stub out the dog-end of a day gone by, boy ...