ELDER DAYS to the tune of GLORY DAYS by Bruce Springsteen (as sung by Nôwê Círdan, guardian of the Grey Havens, in the Second Age) Friday, December 31, 2004 by William H. Hsu (Author's note: This was originally attributed to Ereinion Gil-Galad, Noldo of Beleriand, but there were too many anachronisms, not to mention the lyrics getting a little spotty with him having late-night drinks with his great aunt. I decided historical accuracy was more important than having the singer be a Noldo. :-D) Thanks to Demosthenes and David Salo for the corrections! I had a friend was a big ballad maker Back in Hithlum He could write circles around us Make you weep like a fool Saw him the other night at Amon Ereb I was pulling in, he was sailing out We went up ashore, poured us a horn of mead But all he kept singing about was CHORUS: Elder days Well they passed us by Elder days Gone with the Noldor pride Elder days... ohh, elder days Well, there's a lady lives out east Back in Aman she could turn all the boys' heads Sometimes of an evening I'll stop by and have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed Her and her husband Telly live in a flet I guess it's an Age gone by now We just sit around talking about the Lonely Isle, She says when she feels like crying she starts laughing thinking 'bout... (CHORUS) My buddy Gwin fought for Felagund They say he was bold When he came back from Angband's depths They told him he looked old Him and his brother used to hunt the woods Shot down orc and hind But he sat down to brood there in Nargothrond Oh, you know what was on his mind? Elder days Yeah, goin' back Elder days He says alas and alack Elder days... woah, elder days Now I think I'm going down by the Sea tonight and I'll drink like a thirsty dwarf And I hope come next Age I don't sit around thinking about it till I trip and fall right over the wharf Yeah, just sitting back trying to recall the honor of the Eldalië Well time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but epic stories and ancient lays... REPEAT CHORUS TWICE