Van Morrison — Days Gone By

Well I know that I said that so long ago I would not say it now But I didn't know what I said would stick like glue What I said in the days gone by Well they tried to stitch me up So many words I said, I said so long ago Well, we were oh so young and foolish then Hopefully we can make mistakes and then we grow For the days of Auld Lang Syne, my love For the days of Auld Lang Syne I wanna drink, I wanna drink a cup of kindness with you For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by And hopefully we will keep on growing and growing Baby, 'til we reach the sky If I ever reach [my love ?] I'm gonna surely have to try, have to try For the sake of Auld Lang Syne, my dear For the sake of Auld Lang Syne I wanna drink, I wanna drink a cup of kindness For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by I feel so sorry for the ones who lead For to lead, they wanna lead such a perfect life Sweep under everything, sweep everything underneath the rug And they're never free from conflict, from conflict and strife Because they perpetuate some kinda lie, my love Perpetuate the lie But everything I'm doin', I had to fight for it Had to fight for it in the days gone by There is no easy way out, my friend You got to get used to it somehow Everyhting you got in you life, right up 'til now Somebody had to fight for it You had to fight for it in the days gone by Well, I go walkin' up that hillside now Where there heather's growing so wild And I'm gonna carry my child on my shoulders 'cross the river For the sake of the days gone by For the days of gone by, my dear For the days of gone I wanna drink, I wanna drink a cup of kindness with you For the sake, for the sake of the Auld Lang Syne For the sake of Auld Lang Syne, my dear For the sake of Auld Lang Syne I wanna carry my child on my shoulders 'cross the river Gonna keep on walkin' In the days of Auld Lang Syne Have mercy now Have mercy now Have mercy, have mercy now Gonna keep on keepin' on For the sake of the days gone by Everything I have in my life right now I had to fight for it somehow Gotta keep on fighting today For the sake of the days gone by Oh, for old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind I wanna drink a cup of kindness For the sake of Auld Lang Syne For the sake of days gone by For the sake of Auld Lang Syne I wanna drink a cup of kindness For the sake of Auld Lang Syne