Looking back through the years Like I got myself a time machine Memories flood around me People and places where I've been I had the blues for the lost days Way back when times were lean
We had Sonny Boy, Freddy King and Hendrix And they'd be sitting in till the break of dawn Sweating at the all night Flamingo And coming out to pigeons on a Sunday morn So many raves, so much music
But back then, nobody knew that the London blues were born
So today I got to thinking Where go friends that drift apart Some of them are dead and gone now But they still live on in my heart I had the blues for the lost days And there ain't never gonna be no counterpart
