[ti:Better Day] [ar:Ocean Colour Scene] [al:Songs For The Front Row - The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Better Day - Ocean Colour Scene [00:04.26]Written by:Steve Cradock/Simon Fowler/Oscar Harrison/Damon Minchella [00:08.52]Sonny signed his name up for tomorrow [00:13.89]And laughed with all his friends [00:16.92]At all the little men who borrow tunes [00:20.91]They heard just yesterday [00:26.00]Davey got us down but we got away [00:30.92]And drank to all the days [00:33.74]That we had whiled away [00:36.05]Just playing robin hood a little out of phase [00:42.20]And then the nightmares come [00:45.17]And you get blown away [00:47.97]And up in your room your walls are cold [00:50.28]You find your head is holding out [00:52.10]For the welcome of a better day [00:55.76]And then the nightmares come [00:58.75]And you get blown away [01:01.79]And up in your room your walls are getting colder [01:04.25]Like you're getting on a roller coaster [01:06.19]You can't find the breaks [01:11.55]Stevie burned the sky when he flew away [01:16.81]And left us things to say [01:19.83]When all the world was falling down [01:22.59]Around our shoulders cold and grey [01:28.58]Harry carried on in his usual way [01:33.82]And Minnie went inside [01:36.49]He came out once and we both cried [01:39.67]And Minnie blew my head away [01:44.61]And then the nightmares come [01:47.29]And you get blown away [01:50.25]And up in your room your walls are cold [01:52.77]You find your head is holding out [01:54.67]For the welcome of a better day [01:58.34]And then the nightmares come [02:01.19]And you get blown away [02:03.88]And up in your room your walls are getting colder [02:06.72]Like you're getting on a roller coaster [02:08.70]You can't find the breaks [02:13.73]When you're giving everything away [02:16.71]Everybody lets you pay [02:19.49]You're saving up for a better day [02:22.49]Seeing things in a better way [02:25.50]When you know you've got to live [02:28.40]There's nothing you won't give [02:31.31]To hear the phone and not let it ring [02:33.70]Every Monday morning [02:48.42]Shughie found love and he almost cried [02:54.35]We laughed and wondered why [02:57.11]We loved the sky and found the space [03:00.09]And gazed out over Stevie's place [03:05.14]And then the nightmares come [03:08.02]When your friends go away [03:10.70]And up in your room your walls are cold [03:13.18]You find your head is holding out [03:15.08]For the welcome of a better day [03:18.65]And then the nightmares come [03:21.48]And you get blown away [03:24.38]And up in your room your walls are getting colder [03:26.91]Like you're getting on a roller coaster [03:28.86]You can't find the breaks [03:35.44]And then the nightmares come