These Days Lyrics - J.k. Coltrain

Back not all that long ago 

On the heartland family farm 

Fires burning warm at night 

Grantin' shelter from the storm 

We could swim and fish all day 

Not a worry or a care 

When we got back to the house 

Supper was waiting there 

These days, the good life's hard to find 

Tryin' to put food on the table 

We stretch the ties that bind 

Seems love for God and family 

Is goin' out of style 

Takes a lot to smile, these days 

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I guess it's true we all grow old 

An' leave the simple past 

Move on in to the city 

Where the neon pace is fast 

Wrong-way streets an' broken dreams 

Bitter memories that don't pass 

An' at the bottom of this bottle 

There's just an empty glass 

These days, love is growin' cold 

On the altar of technology 

We sacrifice our soul 

Fiction rules the classroom 

While truth is put on trial 

Takes a lot to smile, these days 

Seems that life's just one big lesson 

You're never out of school 

All these things they brag about 

Are really not that cool 

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These days, divided votes are cast 

At the turn of a new century 

Fear is risin' fast 

Security an' freedom 

Are hard to reconcile 

Takes a lot to smile, these days 

Yeah, takes a lot to smile, these days