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 ole 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 ole 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