Better Days

1. 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

I'm tired of waiting for tomorrow to come

Or that train to come roaring round the bend

I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose

And a woman I can call my friend

R: These are better days baby

Yeah there's better days shining through

These are better days baby

Better days with a girl like you

2. Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss

It's like eating caviar and dirt

It's sad funny ending to find yourself pretending

A rich man in a poor man's shirt

Now my ass was dragging when from a passing gypsy wagon

Your heart like a diamond shone

Tonight I'm laying in your arms carving lucky charms

Out of these hard luck bones

R1: These are better days baby

These are better days it's true

These are better days

There's better days shining through

3. Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure

Don't make much for tragedy

But 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 for 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

R: These are better days baby...

R1: These are better days baby...