Younger Days artwork

Younger Days

LIFE & LOVE · Released 26 July 2021

Lyrics

Do you ever think of times back then of innocence and first times when? we laughed and cried and learned a lot but never really knew just what we were so slick, so fast, definitions of cool with only one rule… to be happy. Oh how I long for younger days…Oh how I miss those simple ways. I never knew the meaning of those old clichés (but now I understand) why I long for younger days. Are we too soon old or too late smart or is it that the mind forgets the heart? We yearned, we burned and one day we learned we never really knew just what we were so slick, so fast, definitions of cool with only one rule … to be happy. Oh how I long for younger days…Oh how I miss those simple ways. I never knew the meaning of those old clichés (but now I understand) why I long for younger days Oh how I long for younger days (now I understand) Oh how I miss those simple ways (now I am a man) I never knew the meaning of those old clichés (but now I understand) why I long for younger days younger days so slick, so fast, definitions of cool younger days

About the song

Dedicated to my late father – a self- described ‘bush philosopher’, a gentleman and an optimist till the very end. He was more of a mentor to me than he ever knew and it’s as I look back on my life I realize how much I miss our time together when I was young - I now get the meaning of ‘all those old cliches’ and I actually understand him so much more now.

Words & Music by Michael Larkings

Players

Michael Larkings main vocals, backing vocals, guitars, bass

Michael Carpenter drums, percussion, keyboards, guitar

Recorded

Love Hz Studios, Leichhardt NSW Australia, 16/9/20

Produced by Michael Carpenter

Mixed and mastered by Michael Carpenter

© Michael Larkings