Those were the days, my friend...

carrying on from an earlier post about 'music' there's a song by Mary Hopkins which reached no. 1 in the uk, 1968 entitled 'those were the days' 

that I feel could accompany my work, the mood of the song envokes an old good ol' days nostalgia laced with melancholy. 

It also reminds me of New Orleans style funeral music with the jangly guitars and brass instruments playing. 

And the lyrics, especially the chorus: 

"Those were the days my friend

We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way"

Link to a live recording of the song 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEG3iv0YKsw&sns=em