Words by FREDDY MERCURY/QUEEN
Music by QUEEN
From the 1991 album INNUENDO
Freddy Mercury, famously "gay as a daffodil", seems to reflect in this song, recorded in his dying days, about the possibility of living life vicariously "through your kids". Regrets about straying from his long-term relationship with Mary Austin?
Sometimes I get the feelin'
I was back in the old days - long ago
When we were kids. when we were young.
Things seemed so perfect - you know,
The days were endless, we were crazy we were young.
The sun was always shinin' - we just lived for fun,
Sometimes it seems like lately - I just don't know
The rest of my life's been just a show,
Those were the days of our lives,
The bad things in life were so few,
Those days are all gone now but one thing is true,
When I look and I find I still love you.
You can't turn back the clock you can't turn back the tide -
Ain't that a shame!
I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride,
When life was just a game,
No use in sitting and thinkin' on what you did,
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids.
Sometimes it seems like lately - I just don't know,
Better sit back and go with the flow.
Cos these are the days of our lives,
They've flown in the swiftness of time,
These days are all gone now but some things remain,
When I look and I find no change.
Those were the days of our lives - yeah,
The bad things in life were so few.
Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true,
When I look and I find,
I still love you.
I still love you.
