Rod Stewart

Released: May 23, 1988

[Verse 1]
Born up in the city streets
How did she get tired of me?
How come you dare to dare to be different?
You were my [?]
You had the world so [?]
My folks said, "Join the bloody army," yeah

[Verse 2]
Got a job at the cemetery
[?] but the CME
My feet were bruised, my hands were bleedin'
Playin' guitar in the streets alone
Woman stared, wouldn't leave me alone
God said, "Love being a vagrant," yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
Was this a rebel without reason?
A hot potato without coals?
Or was this youthful desolation?
So much to learn, nowhere to turn

[Chorus]
Days of rage
Years of promise
Who to be like mine
Who to be like yours
Days of rage
Years of promise
Don't let it slip by
Without wondering why
Ow!

[Verse 3]
Strut back aside, came out
The old man said I was a lazy sod
Runnin' 'round with thieves and runners from the West End
Take a piss, stay up all night
Told [?] gon' start a fight
The beer was warm, the women freezing

[Pre-Chorus]
It was a time in decisions
New [?] glass, new mercy given
I searched for truth in words of wisdom
Turned back the clock, [?] or not

[Chorus]
Days of rage
Years of promise
Who to be like mine
Who to be like yours
Days of rage
Years of promise
It'll pass you by
With a wink of an eye

[Verse 4]
The immigrants love our nation
We wrote on every wall and station
No home, no job, no expectations
Nothing's changed, so who's to blame?

[Chorus]
Days of rage
Years of promise
Don't be like mine
Better be like yours
Days of rage
Years of promise
It'll pass you by
With a wink of an eye
Days of rage
Years of promise
Who to be like mine
Better be like yours
Days of rage
Years of promise
Don't let it slip by
Without wondering why
Days of rage
Years of promise
Who to be like mine
Who to be like yours
Days of rage
Years of promise
Don't let it slip by
Without wondering why

[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Yeah
Fuckin' yeah

A legend in the rock-n-roll genre, Roderick “Rod” Stewart has sold over 100 million records worldwide with a career spanning over 60 years. He has had 6 consecutive number one albums in the UK, and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position, including has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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