Better Days

Bruce Springsteen

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...