"Better Days"
[00:14.10] Silver gray hair neatly combed in place
[00:20.49] There were four generations of love on her face
[00:26.07] She was so wise
[00:28.46] No surprise passed her eyes
[00:33.77] She'd seen it all
[00:38.32] .
[00:42.03] I was a child, oh, about three or four
[00:48.14] All day, I'd ask questions
[00:51.35] At night, I'd ask more
[00:53.74] But whenever
[00:56.14] She never would ever turn me away
[01:05.54] No, no
[01:08.89] I'd say, "How can I be sure what is right or wrong
[01:12.39] And why does what I want always take so long?
[01:15.58] Please tell me where does God live
[01:17.48] And why won't he talk to me?
[01:21.72] I'd say, "Grandma, what is love? Will I ever find out?
[01:25.74] Why are we so poor? What is life about?
[01:28.39] I wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep."
[01:34.77] Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh
[01:38.75] She saw the smile as she tucked me in
[01:44.86] Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once again
[01:50.72] But tonight, she was slightly, remarkably
[01:58.45] Different somehow
[02:03.50] .
[02:06.45] Slowly she rocked looking half asleep
[02:12.60] Grandma yawned as she stretched, then she started to speak
[02:18.44] What she told me would mold me
[02:22.69] And holds me together insi-i-i-i-i-i-i-ide
[02:30.70] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[02:33.62] She said, "All the things you ask, you will know someday
[02:37.11] But you have got to live in a patient way
[02:40.30] God put us here by fate
[02:42.20] And by fate, that means better days."
[02:46.45] She said, "Child, we are all moons in the dark of night
[02:49.91] Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right
[02:53.42] Can't get to no better days lest you make it through the night."
[02:58.77] You gotta make it through the night, yes you do
[03:03.81] You can't get to no better days
[03:08.64] Unless you make it through the night
[03:15.02] Oh, you will see those better days
[03:21.66] But you gotta be patient, be patient
[03:28.83] Oh baby, be patient
[03:35.78] Later that year at the turn of spring
[03:41.89] Heaven sent angels down and gave Grandma her wings
[03:47.51] Now she's flying and sliding and gliding
[03:54.68] In be-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-etter days
[04:02.38] And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused
[04:05.86] I'd stumble through the dark getting bumped and bruised
[04:09.31] When night gets in my way, I could still hear my grandma say
[04:13.29] I can hear her say
[04:14.89] I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I can hear her say
[04:18.87] (Be patient, be patient) You can't get to no better days
[04:24.48] Unless you make it through the night, baby. (You can make it)
[04:30.59] Oh, you will see those better days, (Be patient, be patient)
[04:37.23] But you gotta be patient, child(You can make it)
[04:39.66] Do you hear me, yeah
[04:41.78] Well, well, well, well, well
[04:45.24] (Be patient, be patient) You can't get to no better days
[04:50.02] Unless you make it (You can make it)
[04:52.14] You got to make it, you got to make it
[04:55.34] You got to make it through the night
[04:57.76] (Be patient, be patient) Oh Grandma, oh Grandma
[05:03.33] Do you see me now, lady? (You can make it)
[05:05.52] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ah, ah, ah, ah
[05:09.51] She used to sit me on my knee (Be patient, be patient)
[05:12.96] She used to comb my hair
[05:15.88] She used to tell me stories (You can make it)
[05:18.31] My grandma took me everywhere
