THESE DAYS [ country blues; co-written by Daniel Muhammad ] Click Here for Free Song Download                               Back not all that long ago                               On the heartland family farm                               Fires burning warm at night                               Grantin' shelter from the storm                               We could swim and fish all day                               Not a worry or a care                               When we got back to the house                               Supper was waiting there                                     These days, the good life's hard to find                                     Tryin' to put food on the table                                     We stretch the ties that bind                                     Seems love for God and family                                     Is goin' out of style                                     Takes a lot to smile, these days                               Guess it’s true we all grow old                               An' leave the simple past                               Move on in to the city                               Where the neon pace is fast                               Wrong-way streets an' broken dreams                               Bitter memories that don't pass                               An' at the bottom of this bottle                               There’s just an empty glass                                     These days, love is growin' cold                                     On the altar of technology                                     We sacrifice our soul                                     Fiction rules the classroom                                     While truth is put on trial                                     Takes a lot to smile, these days                               Seems that life’s just one big lesson                               You’re never out of school                               All these things they brag about                               Are really not that cool                                     These days, divided votes are cast                                     At the turn of a new century                                     Fear is risin' fast                                     Security an' freedom                                     Are hard to reconcile                                     Takes a lot to smile, these days                                     Yeah, takes a lot to smile, these days             Copyright © by Daniel Muhammad ASCAP and Richard Aberdeen ASCAP Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music ASCAP        No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from publisher. Inquiries:  Freedom Tracks Records.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.