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[Verse 1]
I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I had the chance to
[Verse 2]
I stopped my rambling
Don't do too much gambling these days
These days
These days I seem to think about
All the changes came about my way
And I wonder if I'll see another highway
[Verse 3]
I had a lover
I don't think I'll risk another these days
These days
And if I seem to be afraid
To live the life I've made in song
It's just that I've been losing
So long
[Verse 4]
I stopped my dreaming
I won't do too much scheming these days
These days
These days I sit on cornerstones
Count the time in quarter tones to ten
Please don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
[Outro]
These days
These days
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These Days was written by Jackson Browne.
These Days was produced by Cat Power.
Cat Power released These Days on Fri Jan 14 2022.
I knew that song from Nico, but it never hit me like a brick until I saw Gwyneth Paltrow’s face in that movie, The Royal Tenenbaums. Gwyneth Paltrow with her blunt, short hair—she’s wearing the fur, she gets off the bus with the eyeliner. Those emotions and that moment where she gets to see the love...
While introducing the song live, Browne recalled recording the song with Nico and Andy Warhol, and his impressions of its later use in The Royal Tennenbaums.
I wrote this when I was about 16… and then several people recorded it before I had the chance to. But I think I did play on the first record...