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Nico - These Days
I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking
These days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I've had
A chance to
I stop my rambling
I don't do too much gambling these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
How all the changes came about my way
And I wonder if I'd see another
Highway
I had a lover
I don't think I'd risk another these days
These days
And if I seem to be afraid
To live the life that I have made in song
It's just that I've been losing
So long
La la la la la
La la
I'd stop my dreaming
I won't do too much scheming these days
These days
These days I sit at corner stones
And count the time the quarter turns to ten
Please don't confront me with my failures
I have not forgotten yet
Song by Jackson Browne. German underground legend Nico was the first to record "These Days" for release, on her October 1967 album Chelsea Girl. This was an odd mix of production elements: a fairly fast, almost upbeat fingerpicking electric-sounding-acoustic guitar part of its time by Browne (suggested by Andy Warhol[3]), combined with strings and flutes (added after the fact by producer Tom Wilson, without Nico's knowledge) combined with the sad, near-desperate tone of the lyrics, all wrapped around Nico's mannered, icy Teutonic vocals.[4] While Nico never achieved much commercial visibility, her work caught the attention of other musicians and songwriters. And although Browne was still several years from getting his own recording contract, his wise-beyond-his-years talent was quickly recognized by other performers looking for material.
