those were the years

Those were the years

When the young tried to hit the big time

Imagining what they could do

Living was what they thought

Education was a chore

Crushing numbers physics and all

Words of English and Literature

It got all tangled up in a web

Nothing was making money

The pockets were empty as the days

Window shopping but no money

Dreaming about it waiting to get away

The older people would say

“The time will come don't get in a hurry

When the day comes you will hope it never

The wrinkle faces the salt and pepper hairs

No doubt you will make your money

The tools you learn and experience

It will not buy you back of your youth

It is the bargaining of life you will see”

The young would think

“The grumpy old folks what they know

We want to conquer the world....

Though it is just across the road”

The adults of fancy cars

Women and laughter flow

“Man when it will be our turn?

Greasing the streets and the joy?”

The years would come

Some got into troubles gone to jail

Others worked hard to get what they wanted

Some never made it they died on the fast lanes

The years just gone

The older people advice came

“It is the cycle of life

You can't escape the web of it”