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Days Like These

from How Does Your Land Lie? by Nicky Swann

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Newton Abbot’s competitive horse racing history began almost 150 years ago in 1866, it is now the leading summer jumping racecourse in the UK. This song was inspired by a very lucky day at the races. Sometimes things just go so right.

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Days Like These
I pick up pennies in the pink arcade
Where you once told me fortune favours the brave
I believe this time

Right to the back for the most giving of machines
The one got away, pull the limb down, deep breath
Cherries, cherries, cherries
Hope this day won’t end

Fill up your pockets, should we quit while we’re ahead
Or do we try and double our luck instead
Turn our pence to pounds
Lady’s day, there’s racing in town
Luck don’t leave me now

Ah, ah, I believe this time
Hope this day won’t end
Hope this day never ends

I heard a tip from a man in the know
At a 100 to 1 let’s put this pound on the nose
I like the name, the blue and white hoops
They’re off, boxed on the rails
But no look he’s coming through
Amalgamation of pleasure and pain
Can he keep this pace, could we win again?

Over and over, over and over has he gone too soon?
Over and over, over and oh it’s our day we can’t lose

Sometimes we’re blessed with days like these
When traffic lights all turn to green
And if you call you’re put straight through
You’re not stuck in a queue but talking with someone in tune with you

Hope these days don’t end
Hope these days never ends
Hope these days won’t end

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from How Does Your Land Lie?, released December 12, 2012

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Nicky Swann England, UK

Award winning UK singer songwriter. Winner of Spiral Earth Best Original Song for 'Because of You' Her songs are rooted in human nature, history and her home in Devon.

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