The above song used to come on once a week, every week for ten years I'm guessing. Archie Bunker and his wife Edith singing about the 'Good Ole Days'. Truthfully, I never missed the early shows because it took bigotry and stood it on its head. It made fun of the bigots and showed the bigot for what he is, an uniformed idiot that was taught this behavior by parents and environment. 

But his foil if you will, was Hippy Mike (not ours), the"Polish Meathead" dead from the neck up. Called the "Meathead" by Archie, he is now about sixty and that got me to thinking, I wonder what version of the song the Meathead and his wife would be playing on that very same piano? Yes, I heard they inherited it. Enjoy~

  Boy the way the Beatles played

Songs of Love the people played 

Never new where you might stay 

Those were the Days 

Didn't need no police state

We believed in Love not Hate  

Hippy's like us really had it made. 

Those were the Days

And you knew where your head was then

Girls loved Love and so did Men 

Mister aren't we damn sure glad we don't have J. Edgar Hoover again~~

People seemed to be content.  

With all the great Hallucinogens 

Freaks they never paid no rent 

Those were the Days.  

Thumbing trying to get a ride.  

To catch the the Grateful Dead Alive

Gee, Our ole' VW Van was a great ride 

Those were the Days 

 Hope you have  a trippy way

If your brains cells survive the day.

Getting high was just our way 

 Those were the Days

Hair was long and shirts were short. 

Charles Manson had his day in court.

It's just too bad the time was so short

 Those were the Days

  Bob Dylan could really play that song 

No one knows  just what went wrong.

Those were the Daaaaaaaaaaaaaays~~~~~~~

Short Version (Aired at beginning of episodes) 

"Boy the way Glen Miller played, songs that made the hit parade, guys like us we had it made, those were the days, and you know where you were then, girls were girls and men were men, mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again, didn't need no welfare states everybody pulled his weight, gee our old Lasalle ran great, those were the days!" 

"Boy, the way Glen Miller played. Songs that made the Hit Parade. Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days! Didn't need no welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight Gee, our old LaSalle (a car) ran great. Those were the days! And you knew where you were then! Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again. People seemed to be content. Fifty dollars paid the rent. Freaks were in a circus tent. Those were the days! Take a little Sunday spin, go to watch the Dodgers win. Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin (five dollar bill). Hair was short and skirts were long. Kate Smith really sold a song. I don't know just what went wrong! Those Were the Days!"