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JJ Grey & Mofro - Brighter Days (Live at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse, Jan. 2011)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
JJ Grey & Mofro
JJ Grey & Mofro
Performer
JJ Grey
JJ Grey
Guitar
Anthony Cole
Anthony Cole
Drums
Anthony Farrell
Anthony Farrell
Organ
Art Edmaiston
Art Edmaiston
Saxophone
Dennis Marion
Dennis Marion
Trumpet
Todd Smallie
Todd Smallie
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
JJ Grey
JJ Grey
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
JJ Grey
JJ Grey
Producer

Lyrics

Don't stop even for the right thing
Does it matter what I say?
My whole world was by that river
Flowing off to meet the sea each day
I don't want to move away
You look at me and you say "what's wrong boy?"
What else do you want me to say?
I don't want to leave tomorrow
Been and gone but I belong here now
Your big world can wait another day
Brighter days where did they go?
I am hopeful for where I'm going
But I belong in The South
That was where I was born a poor boy
Living life like there's no end in sight
Even so I've done without
Brighter days where did they go?
Boy, you're about to hit the bottom
I feel alone, I feel I'm moving there
To a land you never saw and I see you're about to hit the bottom
Lord help me move away to a land you never saw
And I've seen
Brighter days where did they go?
Written by: JJ Grey

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