Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
While the world-weariness of “These Days” might suggest it was the product of long experience, it was actually written by Jackson Browne at the age of 16.
More recently, Nico’s version, originally released on her 1967 Chelsea Girls album, was re-popularized on the acclaimed Royal Tennenbaums soundt...
[Verse 1]
Well I've been out walking
I don't do that much talking these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
For you
And all the times I had the chance to
[Verse 2]
And I had a lover
But it's so hard to risk another these days
These days
Now if I seem to be afraid
To live the life that I have made in song
Well it's just that I've been losing
For so long
[Verse 3]
Well I'll keep on moving
Moving on
Things are bound to be improving
These days
One of these days
These days I'll sit on cornerstones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten
My friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
[Outro]
Ah
These Days was written by Jackson Browne.
These Days was produced by Jackson Browne.
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...