[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Silver gray hair neatly combed in place.
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There were four generations of love on her face.
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She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes.
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She'd seen it all.
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I was a child, oh about three or four,
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All day I'd ask questions at night I'd ask more.
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But whenever, she never, would ever,
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Turn me away. No oh.
[Chorus 1]
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I'd say how can I be sure what is right or wrong?
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And why does what I want always take so long?
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Please tell me where does God live
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And why won't He talk to me?
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I'd say, grandma what is love?
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Will I ever find out?
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Why are we so poor, what is life about?
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I wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep.
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Oooh oh.
[Verse 2]
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She sort of smiled as she tucked me in,
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Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once a - gain.
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But tonight she was slightly, remarkably,
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Different somehow.
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Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep,
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Grandma yawned as she streched then she star - ted to speak,
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What she told me, would mould me, and holds me,
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Together inside.
[Chorus 2]
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She said all the things you ask you will know someday,
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But you have got to live in a patient way.
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God put us here by fate
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And by fate that means better days.
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She said, child we all moons in the dark of night,
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Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right.
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Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night.
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You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.
[Bridge]
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You can't get to no better days,
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Unless you make it through the night.
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Oh, you will see those better days
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Be pa - tient, be pa - tient, oh baby, be patient.
[Verse 3]
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Later that year, at the turn of spring,
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Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma her wings.
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Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding,
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In better days.
[Chorus 3]
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And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused.
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I stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised,
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When the night gets in my way,
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I could still hear my grandma say,
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I can hear her say
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I can hear her say
[Coda]
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You can't get to no better days,
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Unless you make it through the night baby.
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Oh, you will see those better days,
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But you gotta be patient child, do you hear me yeah, well, well, well well well.
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You can't get to no better days,
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Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it, you got to make it through the night yeah.
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Oh grandma, oh grandma,
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Do you see me now lady oh oh oh...
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She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair.
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She used to tell me stories...(fade out)