Better Days

Silver gray hair neatly combed in place
 There were four generations of love on her face
 She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes
 She'd seen it all
 I was a child, oh, about three or four
 All day I'd ask questions
 At night I'd ask more
 But whenever she never
 Would ever turn me away
 I'd say, "How can I be sure what is right or wrong
 And why does what I want always take so long?
 Please tell me where does God live and why won't he talk to me?
 I'd say, "Grandma, what is love? Will I ever find out?
 Why are we so poor? What is life about?
 I wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep"
 Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh
 She saw the smile as she tucked me in
 Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once again
 But tonight she was slightly remarkably different somehow
 Slowly she rocked, lookin' half asleep
 Grandma yawned as she stretched
 Then she started to speak
 What she told me, would mold me and holds me
 Together inside, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 She said, "All the things you ask, you will know someday
 But you have got to live in a patient way
 God put us here by fate and by fate, that means better days"
 She said, "Child, we are all moons in the dark of night
 Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right
 Can't get to no better days lest you make it through the night"
 You gotta make it through the night, yes you do
 You can't get to no better days
 Unless you make it through the night
 Oh, you will see those better days
 But you gotta be patient, be patient
 Oh baby, be patient
 Later that year at the turn of spring
 Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma her wings
 Now, she's flying, and sliding, and gliding
 In better days
 And although I'm all grown up
 I still get confused
 I stumble through the dark
 Getting bumped and bruised
 When night gets in my way
 I could still hear my grandma say
 I can hear her say
 I can hear her say
 You can't get to know better days (be patient)
 Unless you make it through the night, baby
 Oh, you will see those better days (be patient)
 But you gotta be patient, child, do you hear me, yeah, well, well, well, well, well
 You can't get to no, no better days (be patient)
 Unless you make it, you got to make it
 You got to make it, you got to make it through the night
 Oh, grandma, oh grandma (be patient)
 A do you see me now a lady, ah, ah, ah
 She used to sit me on my knee (be patient)
 She used to comb my hair (be patient)
 She used to tell me stories (you can make it)
 My grandma took me everywhere