Ray Davies - Schooldays lyrics

If ever you think about the happiest days of your life Cast back your mind for a while And remember the time when you were a child Don't think of things that make you sad Just remember all the good times that you had Do you remember only happy days Full of flaming Junes and summer holidays? Or do you remember those stormy Novembers When we walked in the wind and the rain? Schooldays were such happy days Now they seem so far away I remember and I'll always treasure Schooldays were the happiest days of your life But we never appreciate the good times we have Until it's too late I miss all the acquaintances we made And I'd go back if I could only find a way Schooldays were the happiest days Though at the time they filled me with dismay We only remember what we choose to remember When I was a schoolboy I loathed regulations and rules I hated my textbooks and my school uniform 'Cos it made me conform And teachers were always disobeyed But I'd go back if I could only find a way Schooldays were the happiest days Now they seem so far away I remember and I'll always treasure Schooldays were the happiest days of your life But we never appreciate the good times we have Until it's too late Now I wish I hadn't strayed And I'd go back if I could only find a way Schooldays