If it seems like I´ve been lost
In let´s remember
If you think I´m feeling older
And missing my younger days
Oh, then you should have known me much better

´Cause my past is something that never
Got in my way
Oh no

Still I would not be here now
If I never had the hunger
And I´m not ashamed to say
The wild boys were my friends
Oh
´Cause I never felt the desire
´Til their music set me on fire
And then I was saved, yeah
That´s why I´m keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

We wore old matador boots
Only Flagg Brothers had them with a Cuban heel

Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And a tight pair of chinos
Oh
I put on my shark skin jacket
You know the kind with the velvet collar
And ditty-bop shades
Oh yeah
I took a fresh pack of Luckies
And a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man´s Trojans
And his Old Spice after shave
Oh
Combed my hair in a pompadour
Like the rest of the Romeos wore
A permanent wave, Yeah
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

You can get just so much
From a good thing
You can linger too long
In your dreams
Say goodbye to the
Oldies but goodies
´Cause the good ol´ days weren´t
Always good
And tomorrow ain´t as bad as it seems

Learned stickball as a formal education
Lost a lot of fights
But it taught me how to lose O.K.
Oh, I heard about sex
But not enough
I found you could dance
And still look tough anyway
Oh yes I did

I found out a man ain´t just being macho
Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food Drank a lot of take home pay
I thought I was the Duke of Earl
When I made it with a red-haired girl
In the Chevrolet. Oh yeah
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

You know the good ol´ days weren´t always good
And tomorrow ain´t as bad as it seems

I told you my reasons
For the whole revival
Now I´m going outside to have
An ice cold beer in the shade
Oh, I´m going to listen to my 45´s

Ain´t it wonderful to be alive
When the rock ´n´ roll plays, yeah
When the memory stays, yeah
I´m keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith
I´m keeping the faith,
Yes I am