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I've Loved These Days Lyrics
Now we take our time, so nonchalant
And spend our nights so bon vivant
We dress our days in silken robes
The money comes
The money goes
We know it's all a passing phase
We light our lamps for atmosphere
And hang our hopes on chandeliers
We're going wrong, we're gaining weight
We're sleeping long and far too late
And so it's time to change our ways
But I've loved these days
Now as we indulge in things refined
We hide our hearts from harder times
A string of pearls, a foreign car
Oh we can only go so far
On caviar and cabernet
We drown our doubts in dry champagne
And soothe our souls with fine cocaine
I don't know why I even care
We'll get so high and get nowhere
We'll have to change our jaded ways
But I've loved these days
So before we end and then begin
We'll drink a toast to how it's been
A few more hours to be complete
A few more nights on satin sheets
A few more times that I can say
I've loved these days
And spend our nights so bon vivant
We dress our days in silken robes
The money comes
The money goes
We know it's all a passing phase
And hang our hopes on chandeliers
We're going wrong, we're gaining weight
We're sleeping long and far too late
And so it's time to change our ways
But I've loved these days
We hide our hearts from harder times
A string of pearls, a foreign car
Oh we can only go so far
On caviar and cabernet
And soothe our souls with fine cocaine
I don't know why I even care
We'll get so high and get nowhere
We'll have to change our jaded ways
But I've loved these days
We'll drink a toast to how it's been
A few more hours to be complete
A few more nights on satin sheets
A few more times that I can say
I've loved these days
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I occurred to me that this could be a great graduation song. If only it didn't mention cocaine... that wouldn't set to well with the administration in my school, methinks.
yeah, this song is really sad, just listening to the piano alone makes you want to cry, billy joel really knows how to cut to the soul of you
This is really a pretty obvious song, as to its meaning. How can we have strayed so far from the true pleasures of this world? Instead, we blind ourselves from the beauty, by indulging ourselves in meaningless, worldly pleasures. As he put it, "We'll get so high... and get nowhere."
A great song, in its meaning, and in its delivery.
One of Joel’s lesser known songs, but definitely one of his best. The author writes of a primary and a minor theme. Most importantly, Joel recalls his tumultuous lifestyle and comments that though he realizes the negativity of his self-destructive ways, he cannot help but admit that his dangerous routine holds a certain allure. Still and all, he ultimately admits that it’s time to move on. Secondarily, the song hints at the fact that, though we so often try, human pain and suffering cannot be erased by material possessions or grandiose action.
This song is either about the last days of Elvis Presley or the Romanoffs.
What I like is that this song views "sin" more as immaturity than EVIL. It's not saying, how could I have been so stupid! I hate myself! I was so awful! I don't deserve happiness I've been such a bad person. It's just awakening into a newfound matirity. It isn't about renewal or repenting, to me it's about growing up. And you'll always love your childhood, like he says "I've loved these days" but you'll also come to see how selfish or immature or just narrow-minded you were and go, "Wow! I've really grown!" It's more about nostalgic regret than self-loathing.
definitely!! and this is why I love the awesomeness that is Billy Joel =]
definitely!! and this is why I love the awesomeness that is Billy Joel =]
This was our theme for "Senior Week" in college, waaaayyyyy back in the '80's! Extremely fitting,...I thought it more of "time to let old habits go" and to move on, mature, and enter the "real world". It remains one of my very favorite tunes to this day....I still love those days--30 years later. And I will simply always love this song.
This was our theme for "Senior Week" in college, waaaayyyyy back in the '80's! Extremely fitting,...I thought it more of "time to let old habits go" and to move on, mature, and enter the "real world". It remains one of my very favorite tunes to this day....I still love those days--30 years later. And I will simply always love this song.