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Artist: Janis Ian
Canonical path: /janis-ian/days-like-these
Related lyric paths: 6
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Days Like These
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Days Like These
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On days like these
When the rain won't fall
And the sky is so dry that even birds can't call
I can feel your tears desappearing in the air
Carried on the breeze
On days like these
It's years like these
That make a young man old
Bend his back against the promises that life should hold
They make him wise
They can drive him to his knees
Nothing comes for free
On days like these
But you can't reap what you don't sow
And you can't plant in fallow ground
So let us fill this empty earth with hope
Until the rains come down
In lives like these
Where every moment counts
I add up all the things that I can live without
When the one thing left is the blessing of my dreams
I can make my peace
With days like these
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Janis Ian performs "Days Like These", and this lyric page sits inside the Janis Ian catalog on LyroVerse.
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