BRISTOL
a lady on the plane says she's going to atlanta / her daughter has a baby who she finally gets to see
oh the lady wrapped her knees in an oversized sweater / she leaned over and smiled and smiled at me
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REFRAIN:
i know new days are coming / old days leaving just as slow / i know new days are coming / i know i know i know i know / i know i know i know
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there was a man i saw at graduation / a kid who danced and smiled nice / i was sad i didnt get to know him
before we picked up brand new lives, before our brand new lives
i wish i'd made that old connection / i told my friend in the second row
i wish i'd rushed to make that bus / to make that bus to carboro, to get to carboro
ze said don't you worry / you can't be friends with everybody
if you'd rain to make that train / you'd be in carboro
***i know new days are coming / old days leaving just as slow / i know new days are coming / i know i know i know i know / i know i know i know
Becca said when she left hotels / she left a piece of her as well
I've got plenty me to share but where is she now, where?
Here's my soul, Idaho, here's my soul, Michigan / Here's my soul, mama's house, but where am I now?
I know you always ask of me / where is it that I want to be, / Win that race to home base, but I know I'll always lose
Gusty days are always scary leave behind things you hold dearly / Caroline or Canada but do I have to choose?
**i know new days are comin / in new york or toronto
**i know new days are comin / i know i know i know i know / i know i know i know
cause in the end the folks you meet don't always have to walk that street
winds take you where they will and you can't plan to spend your heart
i'll write you letters, write you songs / even when the miles are long,
cause in the end i'll love you even when we are apart
but riding buses, hopping trains, beds I've slept in arent my chains
people don't have roots but I'm ivy on the fence
no one place has got it all and is perfectly comfortable
but when you're there or anywhere, mean the things you do. Oh mean the things you do, oh mean the things you do
I know a new day's comin through so mean the things you do
**i know new days are coming / old days leaving just as slow / i know new days are coming / i know i know i know i know / i know i know i know
I know that I'm here - and someday I'll hold you near - I hope my every step can blend right into every road
just know the wind is constant and that flowers grow all over, and maybe all these days will start moving a little slower