{"id":38228,"date":"2014-01-06T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=38228"},"modified":"2015-05-05T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T21:20:08","slug":"those-were-the-days-music-video-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/01\/those-were-the-days-music-video-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Were the Days (Music Video of the Week)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The original Russian song first recorded by Alexander Vertinsky in 1926, &#8220;<i>By the Long Road<\/i> -\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0439 \u0434\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043d\u043e\u044e\u201d, was used by Gene Raskin for &#8220;<i>Those Were the Days<\/i>&#8221; popularized by Mary Hopkin.<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2KODZtjOIPg<br \/>\n<b>LYRICS:<\/b><br \/>\nOnce upon a time, there was a tavern<br \/>\nWhere we used to raise a glass or two<br \/>\nRemember how we laughed away the hours,<br \/>\nThink of all the great things we would do<\/p>\n<p>Those were the days, my friend<br \/>\nWe thought they&#8217;d never end<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d sing and dance forever and a day<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d live the life we&#8217;d choose<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d fight and never lose<br \/>\nFor we were young and sure to have our way<\/p>\n<p>Di di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di di di di di<\/p>\n<p>Then, the busy years went rushing by us<br \/>\nWe lost our starry notions on the way<br \/>\nIf, by chance, I&#8217;d see you in the tavern,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d smile at one another and we&#8217;d say<\/p>\n<p>Those were the days, my friend<br \/>\nWe thought they&#8217;d never end<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d sing and dance forever and a day<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d live the life we&#8217;d choose<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d fight and never lose<br \/>\nThose were the days, oh yes, those were the days<\/p>\n<p>Di di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di di di di di<\/p>\n<p>Just tonight, I stood before the tavern<br \/>\nNothing seemed the way it used to be<br \/>\nIn the glass, I saw a strange reflection<br \/>\nWas that lonely woman really me?<\/p>\n<p>Those were the days, my friend<br \/>\nWe thought they&#8217;d never end<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d sing and dance forever and a day<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d live the life we&#8217;d choose<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d fight and never lose<br \/>\nThose were the days, oh yes, those were the days<\/p>\n<p>Di di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di di di di di<\/p>\n<p>Through the door, there came familiar laughter<br \/>\nI saw your face and heard you call my name<br \/>\nOh, my friend, we&#8217;re older but no wiser<br \/>\nFor in our hearts, the dreams are still the same<\/p>\n<p>Those were the days, my friend<br \/>\nWe thought they&#8217;d never end<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d sing and dance forever and a day<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d live the life we&#8217;d choose<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d fight and never lose<br \/>\nThose were the days, oh yes, those were the days<\/p>\n<p>Di di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di<br \/>\nDi di di di di di di di di di<\/p>\n<p>La la la la la la<br \/>\nLa la la la la la<br \/>\nLa la la la la la<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original Russian song first recorded by Alexander Vertinsky in 1926, &#8220;By the Long Road -\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0439 \u0434\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043d\u043e\u044e\u201d, was used by Gene Raskin for &#8220;Those Were the Days&#8221; 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