These Days

This is a song by Nico that my friend Jeremy sent me a while ago. It's another song with which I readily identify. I'm adapting it for piano; maybe one day you will hear my version of it (you know, since pianos are so readily available up at school).

"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.

I've 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'll see another highway.

I had a lover,
I don't think I'll 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.

I've stopped my dreaming,
I don't do too much scheming
These days, these days.
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten.

Please don't confront me with my failures,
I had not forgotten them."

Peace,
Sam