Why I love it: 1., It's Bon Jovi. 2, it described life so perfectly when I was in middle school in my Bon Jovi phase (that I only now realize I never really grew out of). I was a dreamer, but my life didn't really hold the opportunity for me to live out my dream, or even dare to dream. It felt like my head was underwater and things just felt impossible in general. The stars really did seem out of reach. My sister and I have cried over this song together many times.
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if I might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner
Singing old songs about change
Everybody got their cross to bear, these days
She came looking for some shelter
with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she's trying to be James Dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the wannabes
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
These days
the stars seem out of reach
These days
there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast,
nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain't nobody left but us these days
Jimmy shoes busted both his legs,
trying to learn to fly
From a second story window,
he just jumped and closed his eyes
His mama said he was crazy - he said, "Mama, I've got to try.
Don't you know that all my heroes died?
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away."
These days
the stars seem out of reach
But these days
there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast,
nothing lasts in this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
And there ain't nobody left but us these days
I know Rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round
and round and round and round
These days
These days
the stars seem out of reach
But these days
there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast,
love don't last in this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
And there ain't nobody left but us these days
These days
the stars seem out of reach
These days
there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
There ain't nobody left but us these days
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Songs That Are Worth Checking Out + Why
PoesíaSongs I love, both the lyrics and the song + a story of why these songs in particular make me feel special feelings when I listen to them. And to make it clear, I do NOT own any of the songs.
