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, no, no

I'd say, "How can I be sure on 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?

And why are we so poor? What is life about?

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

Whoa, oh

She sorta smiled as she tucked me in

Then she pulled up that old rockin' 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 mould 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 all are moons in the dark of night

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

Can't get to 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 flyin' and slidin', and glidin'

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-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I can her her say

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

Unless you make it through the night, baby (You can make it)

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

But you gotta be patient, child, do you hear me? Yeah (You can make it)

Well, well, well, well, well

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

Unless you make it, you got to make it (You can make it)

You got to make it, you gotta make it through the night, yeah"

(Be patient, be patient) Oh, Grandma, oh, Grandma

Oh, do you see me now, lady? oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (You can make it)

Oh, ha, ha, ha

(Be patient) She used to set me on her knee

(Be patient) She used to comb my hair

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

My grandma took me everywhere