We were seven and ten when I first wondered when

Our hearts would give us away

The die had been cast and faces gone past

Who pray that chance comes again

And we raged in the streets to the sound of defeat

As our debts grew larger each day

But in place of regret were the good times we spent

In beds where once we lay

And I had to ask I just had to ask

Where it all slips away

And I had to ask I just had to ask

Where it all slips away

And you held onto me saying tenderly

You'll go on, just go on

And you held onto me saying tenderly

You'll go on, just go on, and on, and on

It was a time to remember

We ran from forever

A time to remember

We'll never forget it

We were young

We were singing

Our lives were beginning

We covered up the cracks for a while

As we fell for the breeze of the underground sleaze

We ran and danced together

And the boys in the bar might not get all that far

But they never had it better

And I had to ask …

It was a time to remember….

And maybe one day

We'll think about what got away

And maybe one day

We'll think of faces and the names

It's all the same

We drink alone in penniless lane

Through the tears and the lies and the lost cold lonely nights

A time to remember…. X 2

When we sang for the good life

When we sang for the good life