The Best Years Of Our Lives

Song The Best Years Of Our Lives
Artist Cockney Rebel
Album The Cream of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Lyrics

[00:20.94] European maids, hard to ignore
[00:32.27] You, me and the boys, barred from the shore.
[00:43.95] Fresh-faced imbeciles laughing at me
[00:48.45] I've been laughing myself, is that so hard to see ?
[00:54.16] Do I have to spell each letter out, honestly ?
[00:59.62] If there's no room for laughter, there's no room for me, for me.
[01:17.20] Try looking at you rather than me
[01:28.21] No truth is in here, it's all fantasy.
[01:40.32] Since the last time we met I've been through
[01:44.68] About seven hundred changes and that's just a few
[01:50.14] And the changes all tend to be something to do
[01:55.77] But you've got to believe that they're all done for you, for you.
[02:14.26][05:01.13] Oh you'll think it's tragic when that moment first arrives
[02:26.40] Oh but it's magic, it's the best years of our lives.
[02:47.30] Lost now for the words to tell you the truth
[02:57.27] Please banter with me the banter of youth.
[03:08.31] If I knew how to say it, I would say it for you
[03:13.81] If I knew how to whisper, I'd whisper for you
[03:19.95] If I knew how to waltz, I'd get up and dance for you
[03:24.89] If I thought I could run, I'd come running to you, to you.
[03:41.65] I've discovered now how to be fair
[03:53.98] This I could teach you if only I dare.
[04:04.48] The only conclusion that I've reached in my life
[04:09.48] Is that if I should die, I should die by the knife
[04:14.53] Since it's only a matter of courage, all right
[04:20.42] Die a man or a martyr, the two would be nice, so nice.
[04:38.42] Oh you'll think it's tragic when that moment arrives
[04:47.95][05:12.59] Oh, oh but it's magic, it's the best years of our lives.