"Days" by The Kinks This is NOT an analysis of a song, merely personal observations about a song that I love. Enjoy. Just a plain lovely song by the genius that is Ray Davies from 1968. Gentle rhythm, understated vocal a real thing of beauty. It's message is poignant. Thank you for the time we have and spend together. It is limited and finite but thank you. Treasure it. Wonderfully, I don't think that it drops into melancholy. Let's celebrate and remember the love we have made when we were together. Even when you are gone. I think the uber-wise John Lennon once said that you never die while people still talk and remember you. "And though you're gone, You're with me every single day, believe me." Fast forward to 1989 and the beautiful version by Kirsty MacColl. Ray Davies was told at one of his own gigs that it was good that and "old time" artist was happy to play a new song like Kirsty MacColl's "Days". "Yes", he said, "it is a pretty cool song." I saw Ray Davies at the Hop farm Festival in 2014. Sadly, he lost his sister only a couple of days before.He played two songs and dedicated them to her - "Come Dancing" which is about her trips to the local palais to dances, and "Days". I cried. "Thank you for the days, Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me. I'm thinking of the days, I won't forget a single day, believe me" "Days I'll remember all my life, Days when you can't see wrong from right. You took my life, But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me, But it's all right, Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me." "And though you're gone, You're with me every single day, believe me." "Days"
Songwriter: RAYMOND DOUGLAS DAVIES © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc Thank you for the days, Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me. I'm thinking of the days, I won't forget a single day, believe me. I bless the light, I bless the light that lights on you believe me. And though you're gone, You're with me every single day, believe me. Days I'll remember all my life, Days when you can't see wrong from right. You took my life, But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me, But it's all right, Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me. I wish today could be tomorrow, The night is dark, It just brings sorrow anyway. Thank you for the days, Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me. I'm thinking of the days, I won't forget a single day, believe me. Days I'll remember all my life, Days when you can't see wrong from right. You took my life, But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me, But it's all right, Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me. Days. Thank you for the days, Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me. I'm thinking of the days, I won't forget a single day, believe me. I bless the light, I bless the light that shines on you believe me. And though you're gone, You're with me every single day, believe me. Days.
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