Better Days

Silver gray hair neatly combed in place

There were four generations of love on her face

She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes

She'd seen it all

I was a child, oh, about three or four

All day I'd ask questions

At night I'd ask more

But whenever she never

Would ever turn me away

I'd say, "How can I be sure what is right or wrong

And why does what I want always take so long?

Please tell me where does God live and why won't he talk to me?

I'd say, "Grandma, what is love? Will I ever find out?

Why are we so poor? What is life about?

I wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep"

Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh

She saw the smile as she tucked me in

Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once again

But tonight she was slightly remarkably different somehow

Slowly she rocked, lookin' half asleep

Grandma yawned as she stretched

Then she started to speak

What she told me, would mold me and holds me

Together inside, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

She said, "All the things you ask, you will know someday

But you have got to live in a patient way

God put us here by fate and by fate, that means better days"

She said, "Child, we are all moons in the dark of night

Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right

Can't get to no better days lest you make it through the night"

You gotta make it through the night, yes you do

You can't get to no better days

Unless you make it through the night

Oh, you will see those better days

But you gotta be patient, be patient

Oh baby, be patient

Later that year at the turn of spring

Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma her wings

Now, she's flying, and sliding, and gliding

In better days

And although I'm all grown up

I still get confused

I stumble through the dark

Getting bumped and bruised

When night gets in my way

I could still hear my grandma say

I can hear her say

I can hear her say

You can't get to know better days (be patient)

Unless you make it through the night, baby

Oh, you will see those better days (be patient)

But you gotta be patient, child, do you hear me, yeah, well, well, well, well, well

You can't get to no, no better days (be patient)

Unless you make it, you got to make it

You got to make it, you got to make it through the night

Oh, grandma, oh grandma (be patient)

A do you see me now a lady, ah, ah, ah

She used to sit me on my knee (be patient)

She used to comb my hair (be patient)

She used to tell me stories (you can make it)

My grandma took me everywhere