Songs that Remind Me of Twenty Years Ago

All my friends are running to their own corners
the hurters and the haters and the faders and the mourners.
The world goes to its work and it is not gentle, in what it breaks you down into.
All my friends are looking in life, and it’s a long, long, long, long, lonely time.
I said that when you met me I was just dying. I said it to no one. I said it in silence.
(Okkervil River, "Stay Young")

These are days, you'll remember
When May is rushing over you with desire
To be part of the miracles you see in every hour

You'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky
It's true that you are touched by something
That will grow and bloom in you

(10,000 Maniacs, "These Are Days")

I miss the tears, I miss the laughter
I miss the day we met and all that followed after
Sometimes I wish I could always be with you
The way we used to do
Now and forever, I will always think of you

(Carole King, "Now and Forever")