Lyrics Better Days - Chris Rockwell

Shoutout to the latch key kids getting into trouble
And to their parents always working doubles
And shoutout to my friends fighting big and little wars
Who slept in libraries and on basketball courts

It was a time when time didn't matter
We lived in a dream that the world couldn't shatter
'Cause nothing can tear away a kid from their dreams
Until the fabric of life comes apart at the seems
Until we learned home isn't something you can own
'Cause soon we had landlords and we had student loans
And we had a hole above our heads in the ozone
And it took a minute but we figured out we're not alone
We learned to forgive, but we keep receipts
We are dishes in the sink and pickets in the streets
We just wanna play where nobody cheats
The only way we know is to play for keeps
But do you love what you believe?
Do you wear your heart pinned proudly to your sleeve?
Do you love people of different colors?
'Cause we just wanna take care of each other
We just wanna make friends and make ends
Until the day ends
The fight ain't over until we say when
They'll say what they say, we'll do what we do
With everything to gain
And nothing to lose

I'm waiting on better days
I hope they ain't far away
I'm hoping for better days
All of the time, all of the time
I'm dreaming of better days
I hope they ain't far away
I'm working for better days
All of the time
And I hope to make them mine

With so much to heal from
And that's why we numb
But we are the real ones
With chests full of steel drums
We give back, we get back
We shine through the jet black
We overcome setbacks
'Cause that's what we're best at
They want us to turn down
We're just gonna turn up
They call us the burnouts
They're the ones who burned us
Go get all the wealthy
Take' em all off welfare
We wanna be healthy
We're about that self care (Ay)

I'm waiting on better days
I hope they ain't far away
I'm hoping for better days
All of the time, all of the time
I'm dreaming of better days
I hope they ain't far away
I'm working for better days
All of the time
And I hope to make them mine

We just wanna take care of each other
We just wanna share with each other, yeah
We just wanna take care of each other
We just wanna share with each other