These Days Lyrics
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if I might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change
Everybody's got their cross to bare, these days
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she's trying to be James Dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the wanna-be's
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, nothing lasts, in this graceless age
There ain't anybody left but us these days
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His mamma said he was crazy - he said mamma "I've got to try"
Don't you know that all my heroes died?
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away
These days - the stars ain't out of reach, yeah
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, nothing lasts, it's this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
There ain't anybody left but us these days
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, love don't last, it's this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, nothing lasts
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't anybody left to take the blame, oh no no
There ain't anybody left but us these days
Ain't anybody left but us these days
This is a great song. I believe that bon jovi is a little bit underestimated. These lyrics can compete with those of other groups that are considered to be more ''profound''..
I have been a Bon Jovi fan for a long time but this song has always got me good! I love it, its one of their BEST that people have No idea about! You kind of have to be a fan to realize the These Days and Keep The Faith albums were the absolute BEST! they had the most emotion and they had amazing music in general!
First, this song is indeed awesome, second, I'm about 85% convinced that this song was a dedication to Kurt Cobain. Third, someone, anyone...PLEASE for the Love of God, tell me what the hell ladders on the streets means. Is this something they used to do in Jersey, leave ladders all over the streets in case you see a cat in trouble in a tree? And now....maybe people have stole these ladders?, anyway, believe it or not, I am literally one of the very first Bon Jovi fans, fell in love with the music before any albums where made, in clubs in New Jersey, was dating a girl there. That first Album was unbeatable, I mean...Runaway,Roulette,She don't know me,Shot through the heart....first 4 cuts....then what...bam Sophomore album comes out, New Jersey, chock full O' Hits!!!
B.T.W. anyone that can answer my " ladder on the streets" question please text any thoughts on it to Randyrichardson0213@gmail.com guitarist extrordinaire..lol
This is such a damn good song...I love it lyrically
I love 'Jimmy shoes...' onwards, that verse is brilliant. Everything thats good about Bon Jovi is in this song, never gets old.
Do you think the line Don't you know that all my heroes died? And I guess I'd rather die than fade away Has to do with Kurt's suicide he did write it's better to burn out than fade away in his suicide letter.
Anyways i think this song is one of BJ deepest lyrically and the whole These Days album rocks. A great song to chill to.
I love this song. There ain't nobody left but us these days...
Well.. about the Kurt connection.. "his" quote "it's better to burn out than to fade away" was originally from Neil Young and Neil's text is somehow inspired by James Joyce:
Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age
But still, I agree, that verse and especially that part of the verse is amazing
yeh, i dont think theyve ever said whether the better to burn out than fade away bit was a reference to kurt cobain, but given that this album came out a year after he died, its not impossible that it was inspired by him. im pretty sure that kurt wasnt a bon jovi fan tho, if u read the cobain diaries, he actually moans that someone says theyre becoming like bon jovi (or something like that). personally i love them. this song was awesome at wembley.