Released: June 27, 1995
Songwriter: Richie Sambora Jon Bon Jovi
Producer: Peter Collins Richie Sambora Jon Bon Jovi
[Verse 1]
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if i might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner
Singing old songs about change
Everybody got their cross to bare, these days
She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she's trying to be james dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the "wanna be's"
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
[Chorus]
These days - the stars seem out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain't nobody left but us these days
[Verse 2]
Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy - he said, "momma, i've got to try
Don't you know that all my heroes died?
And i guess i'd rather die than fade away."
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I know rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days
[Chorus]
[Outro]
These days - the stars seem out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
There ain't nobody left but us these days
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if i might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner
Singing old songs about change
Everybody got their cross to bare, these days
She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she's trying to be james dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the "wanna be's"
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
[Chorus]
These days - the stars seem out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain't nobody left but us these days
[Verse 2]
Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy - he said, "momma, i've got to try
Don't you know that all my heroes died?
And i guess i'd rather die than fade away."
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I know rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days
[Chorus]
[Outro]
These days - the stars seem out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
There ain't nobody left but us these days
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- Lost Highway
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- We Weren’t Born to Follow
- When We Were Beautiful
- No Apologies
- The More Things Change
- This Is Love, This Is Life
- This Is Our House
- What Do You Got?
- I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
- In These Arms
- Blaze of Glory
- Livin’ on a Prayer
- Bed of Roses
- You Give Love a Bad Name
- It’s My Life
- Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night
- Runaway
- In and Out of Love
- Lay Your Hands on Me
- Bad Medicine
- Born to Be My Baby
- Blood on Blood
- I’ll Be There for You
- Keep the Faith
- Always
- Tokyo Road
From the albums
- These Days (1995)
- These Days (Maxi-single) (1996)
- Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection (Deluxe) (2010)
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