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When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done
When the day is done
Hope so much your race will be all run
Then you find you jumped the gun
Have to go back where you begun
When the day is done, when the night is cold
Some get by but some get old
Just to show life's not made of gold
When the night is cold
When the bird has flown
Got no-one to call your own
No place to call your home
Now the bird has flown
When the game's been fought
Newspaper blown across the court
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
Now the game's been fought
When the party's through
Seems so very sad for you
Didn't do the things you meant to do
Now there's no time to start anew
Now the party's through
When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done
When the day is done
Hope so much your race will be all run
Then you find you jumped the gun
Have to go back where you begun
When the day is done, when the night is cold
Some get by but some get old
Just to show life's not made of gold
When the night is cold
When the bird has flown
Got no-one to call your own
No place to call your home
Now the bird has flown
When the game's been fought
Newspaper blown across the court
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
Now the game's been fought
When the party's through
Seems so very sad for you
Didn't do the things you meant to do
Now there's no time to start anew
Now the party's through
When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done
Lyrics submitted by Sweet Blue Way, edited by JMLiles
Day Is Done Lyrics as written by Nick Drake
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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When I first heard this sound, I was put off by the rushed quality of it, but now I think that's just right. It adds a subtle, subliminal feeling that time's ticking by. The man knew how to deliver.