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Best Years Lyrics by Praying Mantis

Forever in Time

1998

[Verse]
Do you remember there were five of us
Or maybe more
We'd be together day by day
We'd miss off school and hope that
No one else would know for sure
Living dangerously that way

[Pre-Chorus]
Searching memories of our yesterdays
Far too strong to fade away
Every moment has its lifetime
And each lifetime
Has its day
I'm chasing shadows all the way

[Chorus]
I'm living on memories
Holding onto all my childhood dreams
The best years of my life
I'm looking at the photographs
Checking out the way we use to laugh
Those were the best years of my life

[Verse]
There was a time when everything
We did was always bad
Running wild without a care
And when those smiling faces changed
From happiness to sad
Look around you don't despair

[Pre-Chorus]
Searching memories of our yesterdays
Far too strong to fade away
Every moment has its lifetime
And each lifetime
Has its day
I'm chasing shadows all the way

[Chorus]
I'm living on memories
Holding onto all my childhood dreams
The best years of my life
I'm looking at the photographs
Checking out the way we use to laugh
Those were the best years of my life
The best years of my life

[Solo]

[Bridge]
I'm living on memories
Holding on to all my childhood dreams
Those were the best years of my life

[Chorus]
I'm living on memories
Holding onto all my childhood dreams
The best years of my life
I'm looking at the photographs
Checking out the way we use to laugh
Those were the best years of my life

About “Best Years” by Praying Mantis

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"Best Years" appears on "Forever in Time" in 1998.

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