xwritten by Kenny Loggins and Dona Lyn George
from the Motherlode album - 1975
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I've seen brighter, I've known brighter days
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lying alone in the shade of a manzanita;
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it's been sweeter, bitter sweeter days.
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I know it's not for always, but all i can say is
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I've known better days.
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Is summer gone? Has it been that long?
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I guess that's what seasons will bring.
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I'm caught again in the autumn wind,
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but I remember spring.
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For I've seen brighter days,
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seen lighter places to stay along my way.
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Oh, I've seen brighter days
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I've seen warmer, soft and warmer nights
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lying with love by my side in the sycamores
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there've been finer, I've seen mighty finer nights
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Knowing what's wrong or what's right just don't matter
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when you're in warmer nights.
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But here I am like a sea blown wind
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under my thunder and rain
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I'll ride the waves till a sunny day
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comes to me again
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for I've seen brighter days,
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seen lighter places to stay along my way.
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Oh, I've seen brighter days.
