BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & ELLIOTT MURPHY <br /><br /> Better days <br /><br />Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening <br />To the hours and minutes tickin' away <br />Yeah just sittin' around waitin' for my life to begin <br />While it was all just slippin' away <br />I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come <br />Or that train to come roarin' 'round the bend <br />I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose <br />And a woman I can call my friend <br /><br />These are better days baby <br />Yeah there's better days shining through <br />These are better days baby <br />Better days with a girl like you <br /><br />Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss <br />It's like eatin' caviar and dirt <br />It's a sad funny ending to find yourself pretending <br />A rich man in a poor man's shirt <br />Now my ass was draggin' when from a passin' gypsy wagon <br />Your heart like a diamond shone <br />Tonight I'm layin' in your arms carvin' lucky charms <br />Out of these hard luck bones <br /><br />These are better days baby <br />These are better days its true <br />These are better days <br />There's better days shining through <br /><br />Now a life of leisure and pirate's treasure <br />Don't make much for tragedy <br />But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin <br />And can't stand the company <br />Every fool's got a reason for feelin' sorry for himself <br />And turning his heart to stone <br />Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell <br />And I feel like I'm comin' home <br /><br />These are better days baby <br />There's better days shining through <br />These are better days <br />Better days with a girl like you <br /><br />These are better days baby <br />These are better days its true <br />These are better days <br />Better days are shining through
