I've Loved These Days

Album: Turnstiles (1976)
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  • 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 times 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
    That I've loved these days Writer/s: Billy Joel
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Tom from Novi, MiThe live version of this song on “Songs in the Attic” is excellent. Much better than the studio version. Check it out.
  • Scott from Nashville TnI’m literally amazed there are no comments on here.

    Truly one of Joel’s best songs. It affords a view of his life and his uncanny psyche knowing it’s been good, but change is coming like a rocket - next stop, global stardom.
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