Better Days

| | | | Well my soul checked out missing as I_ sat listening to the hours and minutes ticking away Yeah, just sitting around waiting for my life to begin while it was all just slipping away And I'm tired of waiting for tomo_rrow to comes or that train to come roaring 'round the bend I got a new suit of clothes and a pretty red rose and a woman I can call my friend These are better days, baby Yeah, there's better days shining through These are better days, baby Better days with a girl like you Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss, it's like eating caviar and dirt It's a sa_d funny ending to find yourself pretending a rich man in a poor man's shi_rt Now my ass was dragging when from a passing gypsy wagon, your heart like a diamond shone Tonight I'm lain' in your arms carving lucky charms, yeah out of these hard luck bones These are better days, baby These are better days, it's true These are better days, baby Better days are shining through |   |   |  |  | |  |   |   | Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure don't make much for tragedy It's a sad man my friend who's living in his own skin and can't stand the company_ Every fool's got a reason to feeling sorry for himself and turning his heart to stone Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell and I feel like I'm coming home These are better days, baby There's better days shining through These are better days, baby Better days with a girl like you These are better days, baby These are better days, it's true These are better days, baby Better days are shining through These are better days, baby Ah better days, it's true These are better days, baby Better days are shining through These are better days, baby Ah better days, it's true These are better days, baby Better days are shining through (These are better days)     (These are better days) (Better days are shining through) (These are better days)     (These are better days)