tim hanseroth
I was printing stickers - a rather noisy operation - when my ears started to flicker. The radio was playing a really catchy tune, so I closed down the machine and listened. 20 seconds later I was stomping my feet and clapping my hands. I didn't get the artist's name, neighther the title of the song. I googled the phrase "how these days grow long" and found Brandi Carlile on You Tube - performing live and unplugged, in several versions. Then I closed down the printing house and went home for serious work :-D and 3 hours later I had it covered.
The song is written by Tim Hanseroth, who together with his twin brother Phil usually forms the line up for Brandi. Both twins write songs, and leave them with Brandi. A very good idea: together they are dynamite. It was played in concert more than a year before they finally recorded it on "Give up the Ghost"(2009), usually introduced as "How These Days Grow Long". Why they changed the title to "Dying Day" is incomprehensible. However, I don't fiddle too much with this song. I simply play it. Often.
I left home a long long time ago
in a tin can for the road
with a suitcase and some songs
chasing miles through the night time
making tracks with no time for looking back
to the place where I belong
how these days grow long • but I'm on my way back home
it's been hard to be away
how I miss you and I just want to kiss you
and I'm gonna love you till my dying day
how these days grow long
when you're sad you know I wish I could be there
to make your sorrows disappear
and set your troubles free
it's not fair for me to be this far from you
but I promise to stay true wherever I might be
time keeps burning • the wheels keep on turning
sometimes I feel I'm wasting my days
how I miss you and I just want to kiss you
and I'm gonna love you till my dying day
how these days grow long
time keeps burning on
how these days grow long
now I'm lost in a sea of sunken dreams
while the sound of drunken screams echos in the night
but I know all of this will come to pass
and I'll be with you at last forever by your side
how these days grow long • but I'm on my way back home
it's been hard to be away
how I miss you and I just want to kiss you
and I'm gonna love you till my dying day
how these days grow long
For the following CHORD section, fullscreen/horizontal mobile is recommended.
Chords in brackets may be omitted.
... D Bm A I left home a long long time ago Em G in a tin can for the road Em7 A Bm with a suitcase and some songs D Bm chasing miles through the night time A Em G making tracks with no time for looking back Em7 A Bm to the place where I belong Bm A G D G A how these days grow long but I'm on my way back home D G it's been hard to be away Bm A G D G how I miss you and I just want to kiss you A D Em7 A and I'm gonna love you till my dying day Em7 A Bm how these days grow long
