(+) Dianne Reeves - Better Days

☆ Dianne Reeves – Better Days

Silver gray hair
Neatly combed in place
There were four generations
Of love on her face
She was so wise
No surprise passed her eyes
She’s seen it all

I was a child oh
About three or four
All day I’d ask questions
At night I’d ask more
But whenever she never
Would ever turn me away
No no oh I’d say
how can I be sure
What is right or wrong
And why does What
I want Always take so long
Please tell me
Where does God live
And why won’t He talk to me
i’d say Grandma What is love
Will I ever find out
Why are we so poor
What is life about
I wanna know the answers
Before I fall off to sleep
Woah ho woah ho
She saw the smile
As she tucked me in
Then she pulled up that
Old rockin’ chair once again
But tonight she was Slightly
remarkably
Different somehow

Slowly she rocked
Lookin’ half asleep
Grandma yawned
As she stretched
Then she started to speak
What she told me
Would mould me and hold me
Together inside
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
She said all the
things you ask
You will know someday
But you have got to live
In a patient way
God put us here by fate
And by fate that means
Better days
She said
child we are all Moons
in the dark of night
Ain’t no mornings gonna come
Till the time is right
Can’t get no better days lest
You make it through the night
You gotta make it
Through the night
Yes you do
You can’t get to no
Better days
Unless you make it
Through the night
Oh ho you will see Those
better days
But you gotta be patient
Be patient oh baby
Be patient
Later that year at The
turn of spring
Heaven sent angels down
And gave Grandma her wings
Now she’s flyin’
And slidin and glidin’
In better days
And although
I’m all grown up
I still get confused
I stumble through the dark
Getting bumped and bruised
When night gets in my way
I could still hear
My Grandma say
I can hear her say
I can hear her sayin’
You can’t get to no
Better days
Unless you make it
Through the night baby
Oh ho you will see Those
better days
But you gotta be patient Child
do you hear me yeah
Well well well well
You can’t get to no no
Better days
Unless you make it
You got to make it
You got to make it
You got to make it
Through the night
Oh Grandma oh Grandma
Do you see me now lady
Oh oh oh oh oh

Better Days - Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves - Better Days
Dianne Reeves - Better Days - 8/12/2000 - Newport Jazz Festival (Official)
Dianne Reeves - Better Days