These Days

By Nico

On Chelsea Girl

Released on October 9, 1967

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[Verse 1]

I've been out walking

I don't do too much talking these days

These days

These days I seem to think a lot

About the things that I forgot to do

And all the times I had the chance to


[Verse 2]

I stopped my rambling

I don't do too much gambling these days

These days

These days I seem to think about

How all the changes came about my ways

And I wonder if I'd see another highway


[Verse 3]

I had a lover

I don't think I risk another these days

These days

And if I seem to be afraid

To live the life that I have made in song

It's just that I've been losing so long


[Bridge]

La-la-la-la-la

La-la


[Verse 4]

I'd stopped my dreaming

I won't do too much scheming these days

These days

These days I sit on cornerstones

And count the time in quarter tones to ten

Please don't confront me with my failures

I had not forgotten them