[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

             
I was walking 

              
around, just a

             
 face in the c

              
rowd try to ke

    
ep myself out 

of the rain
             
Saw a vagabond

              
 king wear a s

             
tyrofoam crown

              
 wondered if I

              
 might end up 

 
the same
             
There's a man 

              
out on the cor

             
ner, singing o

            
ld songs about

             
 change everyb

              
ody got their 

             
cross to bear,

       
 these days


[Verse 2]

              
She came looki

             
ng for some sh

             
elter with a s

              
uitcase full o

          
f dreams
              
To a motel roo

             
m on the boule

             
vard I guess s

              
he's trying to

         
 be James Dean
             
She's seen all

              
 the disciples

           
 and all the '

              
wanna be's' no

             
 one wants to 

              
be themselves 

            
these days
            
Still there's 

              
nothing to hol

     
d on to but th

ese days


[Chorus]

             
These days the

             
 stars ain't o

              
ut of reach - 

           
These days the

              
re ain't a lad

             
der from the s

             
treets oh no n

o
             
These days are

             
 fast, nothing

             
 lasts in this

             
 graceless age

              
 - There ain't

              
 nobody left b

             
ut us these da

    
ys


[Verse 3]

             
Jimmy shoes bu

             
sted both his 

              
legs, trying t

         
o learn to fly
             
From a second 

             
story window, 

              
he just jumped

         
 and closed hi

s eyes
             
His momma said

             
 he was crazy 

            
- he said momm

             
a "I've got to

              
 try" Don't yo

             
u know that al

        
l my heroes di

ed
            
And I guess I 

              
rather die f f

     
 f fade away -

 yeah


[Chorus]

            
These days the

              
 stars ain't o

            
ut of reach Bu

             
t these days t

             
here ain't a l

              
adder from the

   
 streets oh no

 no
             
These days are

             
 fast, nothing

             
 lasts it's a 

             
graceless age 

              
- Even innocen

             
ce has caught 

              
the midnight t

  
rain
             
There ain't no

             
body left but 

          
us these days


[Bridge]

   
           
I know Rome's 

              
still burning 

             
though the tim

              
es have change

  
d
           
This world kee

              
ps turning rou

             
nd and round a

              
nd round and r

           (
ound these day

s


[Solo]

   (x4)


[Chorus]

            
These days the

              
 stars ain't o

            
ut of reach Bu

             
t these days t

             
here ain't a l

              
adder from the

   
 streets oh no

 no
             
These days are

             
 fast, nothing

             
 lasts it's a 

             
graceless age 

              
- Even innocen

             
ce has caught 

              
the midnight t

  
rain

            
These days the

              
 stars ain't o

            
ut of reach Bu

             
t these days t

             
here ain't a l

              
adder from the

   
 streets oh no

 no
             
These days are

             
 fast, nothing

             
 last there ai

             
n't no time to

              
 waste - There

             
 ain't nobody 

              
left to take t

  
he blame

             
There ain't no

             
body left but 

               
us these days
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         There

             
 ain't nobody 

              
left but us th

         
ese days


[Outro]

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