These Days

Intro :

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I was walking around, just a face in the crowd

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Trying to keep myself out of the rain

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Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown

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Wondered if i might end up the same

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There's a man out on the corner

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Singing old songs about change

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Everybody got their cross to bare, these days

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She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams

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To a motel room on the boulevard

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I guess she's trying to be james dean

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She's seen all the disciples and all the wanna be's

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No one wants to be themselves these days

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Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

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These daysthe stars seem out of reach

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These daysthere ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age

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There ain't nobody left but us these days

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Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly

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From a second story window, he  just jumped and closed his eyes

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His momma said he was crazyhe said, momma, i've got to try

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Don't you know that all my heroes died?

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And i guess i'd rather die than fade away.

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These daysthe stars  seem out of reach

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These daysthere ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age

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Even innocence has caught the morning train

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There ain't nobody left

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         but us these days

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I know rome's still burning

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Though the times have changed

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This world keeps turning round and round and round

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and round

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These days

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These daysthe stars seem out of reach

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These daysthere ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age

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Even innocence  has caught the morning train

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These daysthe stars seem out of reach

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These daysthere ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast, nothing lasts

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There ain't no time to waste

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There ain't   nobody left to take the blame

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There ain't

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       nobody left but us these days

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There ain't

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