When the city of Atlantis stood serene above the sea,
Long time before our time when the world was free,
Those were the days.

Golden cymbals flying on ocarina sounds,
Before wild Medusa's serpents gave birth to hell
Disguised as heaven.

Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days.
Those were their ways, miracles everywhere are they now?
They're gone.
Those were their ways, yes they were, those were their ways.
Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days.

Tie your painted shoes and dance, blue daylight in your hair,
Overhead a noiseless eagle fans a flame.
Wonder everywhere.

Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days.
Those were their ways, miracles everywhere are they now?
They're gone.
Those were their ways, yes they were, those were their ways.
Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days.

Copyright: Walt Disney Music Company, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): ALAN MENKEN, ALBERT OLSON, CARL JOHNSON, CRAIG GARFINKLE, DREW NEUMANN, ED FOURNIER, HOWARD ASHMAN, J. ERIC SCHMIDT, JAMES STEMPLE, JEROME GRANT, JOHN BEASLEY, JOHN GIVEN, JOHN VESTER, KEVIN BASSINSON, MARK WATTERS, MICHAEL SILVERSHER, PATRICIA SILVERSHER, STEPHEN JAMES TAYLOR, THOM SHARP