Better Days
[00:02.32] Better Days
[00:14.56] Silver gray hair neatly combed in place.
[00:20.58] There were four generations of love on her face.
[00:26.31] She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes,
[00:34.07] She'd seen it all.
[00:42.08] I was a child, oh, about three or four.
[00:48.33] All day I'd ask questions.
[00:51.81] At night I'd ask more.
[00:54.05] But whenever; she never, would ever, turn me away.
[01:09.08] I'd say how can I be sure what is right or wrong ?
[01:12.56] And why does what I want always take so long ?
[01:15.82] Please tell me where does God live
[01:18.06] And why won't He talk to me ?
[01:22.06] I'd say, Grandma what is love ?
[01:24.05] Will I ever find out ?
[01:26.06] Why are we so poor, what is life about ?
[01:28.81] I want to know the answers before I fall off to sleep.
[01:39.06] She sort of smiled as she tucked me in.
[01:45.30] Then she pulled up that old rockin' chair once again.
[01:50.80] But tonight she was slightly, remarkably
[01:59.07] Different somehow
[02:06.81] Slowly she rocked, lookin' half asleep.
[02:13.09] Grandma yawned as she stretched.
[02:15.34] Then she started to speak.
[02:18.84] What she told me, would mold me, and hold me
[02:26.30] Together inside.
[02:33.83] She said all the things you ask
[02:36.08] You will know someday.
[02:37.56] But you have got to live in a patient way.
[02:40.55] God put us here by fate
[02:42.32] And by fate that means better days.
[02:46.81] She said, child we are all moons in the dark of night.
[02:50.31] Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right.
[02:53.80] Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night.
[02:59.31] You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.
[03:04.09] You can't get to no better days
[03:09.05] Unless you make it through the night.
[03:15.31] Oh, you will see those better days
[03:21.81] But you gotta be patient.
[03:26.06] (Be patient) oh baby, be patient.
[03:35.80] Later that year, at the turn of spring,
[03:42.07] Heaven sent angels down and gave Grandma her wings.
[03:47.80] Now, she's flying, and sliding, and gliding
[03:55.29] In better days
[04:02.84] And although I'm all grown up
[04:04.85] I still get confused.
[04:06.30] I stumble through the dark
[04:08.04] Getting bumped and bruised.
[04:09.81] When night gets in my way
[04:11.34] I could still hear my Grandma say
[04:13.59] I can hear her say,
[04:16.34] I can hear her say.
[04:20.06] You can't get to no better days
[04:24.83] Unless you make it through the night baby.
[04:32.32] (Be patient) Oh, you will see those better days
[04:37.55] But you gotta be patient.
[04:39.81] Child, do you hear me, yeah.
[04:45.32] You can't get to no better days
[04:50.30] Unless you make it, you got to make it
[04:54.04] You got to make it
[04:55.81] You got to make it through the night
[04:58.81] Oh Grandma, oh Grandma
[05:04.32] Do you see me now, lady
[05:05.58] Oh oh oh oh oh
[05:10.07] She used to sit me on her knee
[05:12.06] She used to comb my hair
[05:13.82] She used to tell me stories
[05:18.56] My Grandma took me everywhere
