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These Are The Days

from God & The Girl by David Poe

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THESE ARE THE DAYS
By David Poe

RAISE A GLASS TO THE PAST AND TO THE SOLDIERS
TO FADED FRIENDS AND HAPPY ENDS AND TO THE OLD
MAY WE ALL LIVE AS LONG AS WE LIKE
MAY WE ALL BE AS STRONG AS THE WINE

REMEMBER THIS: BEFORE WE KISSED WE WERE STRANGERS
TOOK A CHANCE ON A DANCE IN THE QUIET
FIRST THE DARK THEN THE SPARK THEN THE FIRE
FIRST THE SKY THEN THE STARS THEN THE LIGHT

THESE ARE THE DAYS
THESE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THEY GROW UP FAST
THESE ARE THE NIGHTS
THESE ARE THE NIGHTS YOU MAKE IT LAST

TIME IS A TRAIN, WAITS FOR NO ONE
TIME IS A CHILD RUNNING WILD
TIME IS A BIRD ON THE WING
FLYING HOME TO THE SUN IN THE SPRING

REMEMBER THIS: BEFORE WE KISSED WE WERE STRANGERS
TOOK A CHANCE ON A DANCE IN THE QUIET
FIRST THE DARK THEN THE SPARK THEN THE FIRE
FIRST THE SKY THEN THE STARS THEN THE LIGHT

THESE ARE THE DAYS
THESE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THEY GROW UP FAST
THESE ARE THE NIGHTS
THESE ARE THE NIGHTS YOU MAKE IT LAST

THESE ARE THE DAYS
THESE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THEY GROW UP FAST
THESE ARE THE NIGHTS
THESE ARE THE NIGHTS YOU MAKE IT LAST

RAISE A GLASS TO THE PAST AND TO THE SOLDIERS
TO FADED FRIENDS AND HAPPY ENDS AND TO THE OLD
MAY WE ALL LIVE AS LONG AS WE LIKE
MAY WE ALL BE AS STRONG AS THE WINE

© 2013 By David Poe. Charming Martyr (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Administered by Modern Works Music Publishing.

From the album God & The Girl

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from God & The Girl, track released August 15, 2014
David Poe, voice, guitar, keyboards
Emile Kelman, cello

© 2013 By David Poe. Charming Martyr (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Administered by Modern Works Music Publishing.

From the album God & The Girl

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David Poe Los Angeles, California

"DAVID POE gives the singer-songwriter genre a much-needed jolt"
- Rolling Stone 

"The make-out record of the year”
-Harp magazine

"The major domo of songwriters"
-Village Voice

"The perfect man"
-Time Out! New York

"[Songs] like miniature novels."
- The London Independent

Composer fellow
- Sundance Institute 2009

Winner
- Lunas del Auditorio award 2011

Sundance Film Festival 2008 - 11
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