I Will Be Grateful For This Day Lyrics - Bright Eyes

I had girl, I knew she grew, became a woman 

Now I think that she teaches at one of the schools downtown 

We used to roll the windows down and play the music loud 

Smoking out in her car, lost in west Omaha 

And wed get drunk and kiss, our bodies twist like shoe laces 

And we never came untied, I guess you were just my type 

You know that summer never stopped, I still pretend Im there 

Bands in the living room, the neighbors aint never cared 

So when I sat behind the drum set 

Your heartbeats what I tried to play 

With kick and snares so careless, not in time 

So you got ahead of me 

And I guess Im still dragging behind 

I had a friend who changed his name but couldnt change himself 

Never quite figured out how to do with what life had dealt 

He put a needle in his arm to calm his handsome hell 

Who would have imagined it? Couldve worked out so well 

Now he's a shape that moves like echoes through my empty room 

And theres a voice that speaks like someones right behind me 

I turned around and found exactly what you would expect 

Clothes I left on my floor, the papers piled on my desk 

But where the ink is where the cause effects whats meant by it 

The story is incomplete, the pictures left unfinished 

So I am writing my own ending 

Ill let my pen bleed black or blue 

And I will color in the meaning 

It will be gold and green and true 

And Ill learn to love my new discovered proof 

Ill be grateful for this day 

I'll be grateful for each day to come