wait my people what s the matter with us now got no money no looks no know how used to pay for nothing got everything free when we were golden when we were golden now just you wait til we can t do nothing right and we get too tired and we don t even play outside used to wake the day with a smile on when we were golden when we were golden those were better days those were better days as so you don t forget yourself oh no oh no those were better days wait my people now we re thinking much too small and now we re working at instead of burning down city hall just try to forget so you can feel better about what you got cause what you got is what you got anyhow oh my people we should just do better right don t get to see the day can t even stay up at night we used to think so big then we forgot about when we were golden when we were golden