The Proclaimers - Better Days (HQ audio w/ lyrics) video free download
© The Proclaimers, 1992
I don't know how accurate the lyrics are since I've never seen any printed, but here's what I can make out.
Maybe if I just think out loud tonight
then I'd know what to do
Five years all felt the same and then it changed
and I was loving you
Better days for sure
Mary, our love still can bring violins
and roses to my mind
But I swear I haven't missed a moment
of the life I left behind
It's just a fading sound
So be with me while decades turn us older
We've both much love that lasts a whole life through
We could live in Fife or out in Texas
anywhere, as long as I'm with you
Last year it seemed the things we've worked for
were all gonna come to pass
One hit proclaimed that Mrs. Reid's boys
would finally pay some tax
Thank the Lord for that!
But I'll admit I wasn't too impressed, love
Events confound the doubts I've had before
The only struggle worth it's in the music
The other stuff can't interest me at all
Mary, we've got to see America
I need to ride those trains
This year we're gonna take a jet plane there
no matter what it takes
for the music's sake
Comments
10 years ago
tandlaguilera420
Where can I find the guitar chords for this song? It's beautiful.11 years ago
ImInsideTheMusic
I too discovered this song many years ago on the backside of the 500 Miles single. I don't know why this didn't make it to the albums, because it's such an awesome song. Thank goodness for YouTube having all these awesome B-sides that you can't find any other way any more! Thanks so much to the uploader for this :-)12 years ago
dlcshan
Was a huge fan of 500 miles when I was younger. Borrowed the cassette single from the library and discovered this on the back. Listened to this song more often than the one I got the tape for in the first place.12 years ago
mrspencecat
mark knopfler on guitar?12 years ago
mjallison09
I had the same casette tape of this and 500 miles when I was a kid. I fell asleep listening to this song nearly every night, and I remains to be one of my favorite songs of all time. I just learned it on guitar, and I can't stop playing it! Beautiful.12 years ago
Theresa Robinson
I'm a die hard fan of The Proclaimers and I've never heard this before today! I have all of their albums, am on their chat boards, etc...but never heard this. And it's soooo beautiful! Thank you SO MUCH for posting!!!13 years ago
Jeisenne
@pinkfedoragal It's a shame too many more don't know about this :( I picked this up way back in 1992 on the back of the cassette single for 500 Miles, and it was played as one of the songs at my wedding the next year :) It's by far my favourite song of theirs. Cheers!13 years ago
pinkfedoragal
one of the most beautiful songs of theirs. I love these guys! It's such a beautiful song, and yet so simple. I picked it out on the guitar and now I can't stop listening OR playing it!Related Videos
