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Better Days

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There's gotta be somebody writin' songs for me
While I blister my hands workin' for the man
Five days a week
There's gotta be a better way to make some pay
Besides breakin' my hands and my legs and my neck
and my back all day

So now I'm shootin' empty bottles at a 4-way stop
They're all I got to show for the lies and games and
pain and heartache you brought
And I'll be shootin' blank stares at the TV screen
Cause the worst of you got the ever lovin very best
of me

I always thought today was gonna be my day
Was gonna be day
I always thought today...

Buddy OD'd in a bathroom stall
With his dying breath, muttered something bout being
a star
Then Judy stepped out in the cold black night
Stomped a cigarette out
Fired into those flashing lights...

I always thought today was gonna be my day
Was gonna be my day
I always though today...

Look back to better days
Look back to better days

Look back to better days
Look back to better days

When ya ever gonna change your mind?
When ya ever gonna wake up and check the time?
Do you really wanna spend your whole life
living on someone else's dime?

credits

from In The Fertile Gardens of Freedom, released February 12, 2010
Daniel Payne: Guitars, Harmonica, Vocals
Roger Ray: Pedal Steel Guitar
Eric Tull: Fiddle
Eric Kandrashoff: Drums
Sammy Carr: Bass
Cody Main: Backing Vocals

Cover art by John Heslep at Grinnin' Dog Graffixx

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Daniel Payne Lubbock, Texas

Daniel Payne is a Countryblues / folk songwriter from the town of Lubbock, out in the west Texas high plains. His music has traditional country and folk roots and features an edge for compelling and original storytelling.

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