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Better Days has also been recorded by Peg Simone on her album Swoon.

lyrics

BETTER DAYS (Reid Paley)

I’ve seen sunset in the morning
I’ve seen skies go black and blue
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you

Another night another city
Put something by to see you through
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you

There’ll be a better day
But it ain’t happened yet
It get so hot inside your soul
You take the time you’d take
On your last cigarette
Because it might be time to go

Hangover sunrise Sunday morning
Half-dead on Bedford Avenue
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you

Sometimes a smile is something secret
Some things are lies
Some things are true
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you

There’ll be a better day
But it ain’t happened yet
It get so hot inside your soul
You take the time you’d take
On your last cigarette
Because it might be time to go



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The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
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from APPROXIMATE HELLHOUND, released October 30, 2007

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