Released: June 29, 2004
Songwriter: Keith Urban Monty Powell
Producer: Dann Huff Keith Urban
[Intro]
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
I'm changing lanes and talking on the phone
I'm driving way too fast
And the interstate's jammed with gunners like me
Afraid of coming in last
But somewhere in the race we run
We're coming undone
[Chorus]
Days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
As the cars go by
Yeah, it's all we've been given
So you better start living right now
'Cause days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 2]
Out on the roof just the other night
I watched the world flash by
Headlights, taillights running through a river of neon signs
But somewhere in the rush I felt
We're losing ourselves
[Chorus]
Days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
As the cars go by
Yeah, it's all we've been given
So you better start living right now
And days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, the days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
[Bridge]
We think about tomorrow, then it slips away
Oh, yes it does
We talk about forever but we've only got today
[Chorus]
And the days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window
As the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start living
You better start living
Better start living right now
[Chorus]
'Cause days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
The cars go by
Yeah, it's all we've been given
So you better start living right now
'Cause days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, 'cause days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
[Outro]
Oh, so take them by the hand
They're yours and mine
Take them by the hand
And live your life
Take them by the hand
Don't let them all fly by
Come on, come on now
Yeah, come on, oh, ooh, ooh
Don't you know the days go by?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
I'm changing lanes and talking on the phone
I'm driving way too fast
And the interstate's jammed with gunners like me
Afraid of coming in last
But somewhere in the race we run
We're coming undone
[Chorus]
Days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
As the cars go by
Yeah, it's all we've been given
So you better start living right now
'Cause days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 2]
Out on the roof just the other night
I watched the world flash by
Headlights, taillights running through a river of neon signs
But somewhere in the rush I felt
We're losing ourselves
[Chorus]
Days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
As the cars go by
Yeah, it's all we've been given
So you better start living right now
And days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, the days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
[Bridge]
We think about tomorrow, then it slips away
Oh, yes it does
We talk about forever but we've only got today
[Chorus]
And the days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window
As the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start living
You better start living
Better start living right now
[Chorus]
'Cause days go by
I can feel them flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
The cars go by
Yeah, it's all we've been given
So you better start living right now
'Cause days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, 'cause days go by, oh, ooh, ooh
[Outro]
Oh, so take them by the hand
They're yours and mine
Take them by the hand
And live your life
Take them by the hand
Don't let them all fly by
Come on, come on now
Yeah, come on, oh, ooh, ooh
Don't you know the days go by?
more tracks from the album
The Story So Far
- Somebody Like You
- Sweet Thing
- Kiss a Girl
- Without You
- Long Hot Summer
- Put You in a Song
- Stupid Boy
- I Told You So
- Once in a Lifetime
- Tonight I Wanna Cry
- You’re My Better Half
- Making Memories of Us
- Better Life
- Days Go By
- Raining On Sunday
- You Look Good In My Shirt
- You’ll Think of Me
- For You
- Only You Can Love Me This Way
From the albums
- Be Here (2004)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music! 17 [US] (2004)
- Days Go By (2005)
- NOW! Country [Canada] (2006)
- Greatest Hits (2008)
- The Story So Far (2012)
- NOW That’s What I Call Country Classics 00s [US] (2021)
Keith Urban popular songs
- Blue Ain’t Your Color
- Female
- John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
- Coming Home
- Parallel Line
- The Fighter
- Break on Me
- Got It Bad
- Burden
- Gemini
- Somebody Like You
- You’ll Think of Me
- Never Comin Down
- Wasted Time
- My Wave
- We Were
- Texas Time
- Drop Top
- Somewhere In My Car
- Tonight I Wanna Cry
- Stupid Boy
- Horses
- For You
- Cop Car