Days

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Davray Music/Carlin Music Corp.

Chord file

Lyrics:

Thank you for the days,
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.
I'm thinking of the days,
I won't forget a single day, believe me.

I bless the light,
I bless the light that lights on you believe me.
And though you're gone,
You're with me every single day, believe me.

Days I'll remember all my life,
Days when you can't see wrong from right.
You took my life,
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me,
But it's all right,
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me.

I wish today could be tomorrow,
The night is dark,
It just brings sorrow, let it wait.

Thank you for the days,
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.
I'm thinking of the days,
I won't forget a single day, believe me.

Days I'll remember all my life,
Days when you can't see wrong from right.
You took my life,
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me,
But it's all right,
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me.
Days.

Thank you for the days,
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.
I'm thinking of the days,
I won't forget a single day, believe me.

I bless the light,
I bless the light that shines on you believe me.
And though you're gone,
You're with me every single day, believe me.
Days.

This song can be found on the following releases:

2018 stereo mix with session chat (3:34), recorded 3 & 27 May 1968 at Pye Studios No. 2, Marble Arch, London

stereo mix (2:52), recorded May 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

stereo mix, session excerpt (0:39), recorded May 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix (2:52), recorded May 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

2014 stereo mix (2:56), recorded May 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix, BBC recording (2:49), recorded 1 Jul, 1968 at BBC Piccadilly Studio 1, London

mono mix, BBC recording, "off-air bootleg" (2:10), recorded 9 Jul, 1968 at Playhouse Theatre, London

mono mix, BBC recording, alteration of commercial release, "off-air bootleg" (2:10), recorded 22 Jul, 1968 at BBC Television Centre, Studio 8, London

stereo mix, by Petula Clark, recorded 1969

mono mix, BBC mix (original backing track, new vocals) (3:02), recorded May, 1968 (backing track) and 18 May, 1970 (vocals) at Pye Studios (No. 2), London (backing track) and Aeolian Hall, Studio 2, London (vocals)

stereo mix, by The Cateran, recorded 1989

stereo mix, by Elvis Costello, recorded 1991

stereo mix, recorded Jun 1991 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London

live, stereo mix, recorded 25 Nov, 1993 at Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland

stereo mix, by Los Imposibles, recorded 1996

stereo mix, Karaoke instrumental by unknown musicians, recorded around 1999

stereo mix, by The Spivs, recorded 2000

stereo mix, by Yurow, recorded 2001

stereo mix, by The Kinky2, recorded 2002 at The Suite, Holland

stereo mix, as "Des War'n Die Tag" by Schiffkowitz, recorded 2004

stereo mix, by the Friday's, recorded 2005

stereo mix, Ray with the Crouch End Festival Chorus (3:44), recorded Spring 2009 at Air Studios & Konk Studios, London

stereo mix, live, by The Kast Off Kinks, recorded 29 Jan 2010 at The Brook, Southampton, UK

stereo mix, by the Sunny Afternoon original London cast (2:21), recorded Aug-Sep 2014 at Konk Studios, North London

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