The Days (Studio Version)

[Bono = Italic]

These are the days | Oh, RedOne
These are the days
In the time of our lives
In the time of our youth
We bow down to beauty and truth
We found opportunity when it wasn’t there
And made up a rhapsody of our despair
These are the days

Uh, good morning America, God bless America
Everything is fine, don’t cry, Miss America
Based on a true story, I don’t need an editor
Live like a soldier, die like a vetеran
I pledge allegiancе to what I believe in
Live to fight another day if yesterday beat me
Cause these are the days, anything can happen
On 9/11, I was in Manhattan
But these are the days, and time steady passing
And life steady flashing in front of my glasses
And I ain’t getting younger, but I’m getting better
Got no time to waste, that’s another man’s treasure
They say every dog has his day, you gotta pet ‘em
And today is now or never

These are the days | Tunechi-chi
Oh, these are the days
These are the days
The days
The days that tell you what life is for
The days of wonder
Looking up at the stars as we’re flat on the floor
These are the days

The fat boys break up and Mike didn’t wake up
If my days are numbered, treat every day like day one
Life in the fast lane, eyes on the road
Take the highs with the lows, smell the concrete rose
From the town where leaves fall and never hit the ground
Got a ocean of belief where the skepticism drowns
Take the good and the bad, everything I never had
Now I’m staring at the mirror looking at my better half
And it’s a full day when you think, cry, laugh
If you think I’m lying, hook me to the polygraph
And these are the days, I’m just hoping that they payday
Only to come up a dollar short and a day late
And one day, these days will be my heyday
So I’ma have a great day

These are the days
These are the days | And I still remember the days
These are the days | When I was behind them bars, just counting the days
The days
The days that tell you what life is for
The days of wonder
I also remember them days when I was laying on that hospital bed thinking how many days I had left
The revolution is just out the door | Every day is my day
These are the days | Every day is my day
We know, we knew, we knew, we are, we were | Every day is my day
These are the days | Every day is my day
Oh, these are the days
These are the days | Every day is my day

The time of our lives
The time of our youth
We bow down to beauty and truth
These are the days
The days that tell you what life is for
The days of wonder
Lookin up at the stars as we’re flat on the floor
These are the days
The days
The days that tell you what life is for
The days of wonder
The revolution is just out the door
These are the days