Better_Days_-_Dianne_Reeves_(with_lyrics)
[00:14.63] Silver gray hair neatly combed in place.
[00:20.65] There were four generations of love on her face.
[00:26.40] She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes,
[00:34.18] She'd seen it all.
[00:42.13] I was a child, oh, about three or four.
[00:48.40] All day I'd ask questions.
[00:51.90] At night I'd ask more.
[00:54.14] But whenever; she never, would ever, turn me away.
[01:09.17] I'd say how can I be sure what is right or wrong ?
[01:12.64] And why does what I want always take so long ?
[01:16.13] Please tell me where does God live
[01:18.15] And why won't He talk to me ?
[01:22.15] I'd say, Grandma what is love ?
[01:24.15] Will I ever find out ?
[01:25.90] Why are we so poor, what is life about ?
[01:29.17] I want to know the answers before I fall off to sleep.
[01:39.17] She sort of smiled as she tucked me in.
[01:45.40] Then she pulled up that old rockin' chair once again.
[01:51.15] But tonight she was slightly, remarkably
[01:58.88] Different somehow
[02:06.89] Slowly she rocked, lookin' half asleep.
[02:13.15] Grandma yawned as she stretched.
[02:15.63] Then she started to speak.
[02:18.90] What she told me, would mold me, and hold me
[02:26.65] Together inside.
[02:33.90] She said all the things you ask
[02:36.15] You will know someday.
[02:37.66] But you have got to live in a patient way.
[02:40.89] God put us here by fate
[02:42.89] And by fate that means better days.
[02:46.88] She said, child we are all moons in the dark of night.
[02:50.65] Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right.
[02:53.91] Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night.
[02:59.38] You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.
[03:04.15] You can't get to no better days
[03:09.15] Unless you make it through the night.
[03:15.62] Oh, you will see those better days
[03:21.88] But you gotta be patient.
[03:26.16] (Be patient) oh baby, be patient.
[03:36.15] Later that year, at the turn of spring,
[03:42.14] Heaven sent angels down and gave Grandma her wings.
[03:48.15] Now, she's flying, and sliding, and gliding
[03:55.40] In better days
[04:02.65] And although I'm all grown up
[04:04.90] I still get confused.
[04:06.40] I stumble through the dark
[04:08.12] Getting bumped and bruised.
[04:09.64] When night gets in my way
[04:11.41] I could still hear my Grandma say
[04:13.65] I can hear her say,
[04:15.65] I can hear her say.
[04:20.40] You can't get to no better days
[04:24.90] Unless you make it through the night baby.
[04:33.15] (Be patient) Oh, you will see those better days
[04:37.65] But you gotta be patient.
[04:39.90] Child, do you hear me, yeah.
[04:42.17] You can't get to no better days
[04:50.63] Unless you make it, you got to make it
[04:53.65] You got to make it
[04:54.66] You got to make it through the night
[04:57.91] Oh Grandma, oh Grandma
[05:03.92] Do you see me now, lady
[05:05.65] Oh oh oh oh oh
[05:10.18] She used to sit me on her knee
[05:11.90] She used to comb my hair
[05:13.38] She used to tell me stories
[05:15.90] My Grandma took me everywhere
