S$# 046 Kinks | Days

The Kinks' Days is from the sessions for the interesting 1968 album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. Interestingly, the song was on the early 12-track configuration of the album previewed in September of that year, but not on the 15-track version that was ultimately released in UK shops in November. It was released as a single (backed with She's Got Everything) in the summer of 1968, though.

Written (of course) by group leader Ray Davies, and recorded on May 3 and 27, 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2) in London, Days is a lovely, melodic mid-tempo number that evokes the sunny side of 1960s life. Its infectious melody really grabbed me when I first caught it many years ago on a Kinks compilation. It's available on several Kinks compilations and remasters of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.

Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me

I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day, believe me

I bless the light
I bless the light that lights on you believe me

And though you're gone
You're with me every single day, believe me

Days I'll remember all my life
Days when you can't see wrong from right

You took my life
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me
But it's all right
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me

I wish today could be tomorrow
The night is dark
It just brings sorrow, let it wait

Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me

I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day, believe me

Days I'll remember all my life
Days when you can't see wrong from right

You took my life
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me
But it's all right
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me

Days

Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me

I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day, believe me

I bless the light
I bless the light that shines on you believe me

And though you're gone
You're with me every single day, believe me

Days