2025 Competition Entry:
These Are The Days by Tony Billings
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Genre
Pop
Artist
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Performer(s)
Tony Billings – Keyboards, Guitars, Vocals, Drum MAchine programming, other Sampled instruments.
Description
As with all my music, this song has its roots in the 80’s, but I feel it is just an easy going pop song with a (hopefully) catchy melody
Bio
I’ve been making music since I was a teenager back in the 1970’s.
As a member of The Academic Hamiltons in the early 80’s I got to play at all the top clubs of the time (Marquee, Rock Garden, Bridge House, etc.), to record in some of the most celebrated studios of the day, and to open for some of the bigger names of the 80’s but we never quite managed that final step.
My love of music (and particularly writing) has never waned and now, in my 60’s I finally have the time and money to step back and actually make some decent recordings of the songs I’ve written over the last 50 years.
In the last two years I’ve released two albums of new recordings of my old songs, and an album of completely new material. I am currently working on another new album of brand new songs.
As a member of The Academic Hamiltons in the early 80’s I got to play at all the top clubs of the time (Marquee, Rock Garden, Bridge House, etc.), to record in some of the most celebrated studios of the day, and to open for some of the bigger names of the 80’s but we never quite managed that final step.
My love of music (and particularly writing) has never waned and now, in my 60’s I finally have the time and money to step back and actually make some decent recordings of the songs I’ve written over the last 50 years.
In the last two years I’ve released two albums of new recordings of my old songs, and an album of completely new material. I am currently working on another new album of brand new songs.
Lyrics
Don’t stop when you feel you’ve done it all
Hold on, be strong, you don’t have to fall
And in the darkest moments find a ray of light
When morning comes again you know we’ll be alright
Gone are the days when we could count our lives complete
with just pennies in our pockets and a friend just down the street
And as these days grow shorter just one thing remains
don’t stop to think, all you needed was a name
Yes, gone are the days when we could laugh into the rain
They’re different answers, but the questions still remain
the sweetest days we had stay safe locked here inside
all the memories of every precious moment
and if i traded a whole year for every hour
that we shared, i would still be richer now
these are the days when we can see life as a game
There’s different questions, but the answers are the same
the sweetest days we had stay safe locked here inside
all the memories of every precious moment
and if i traded a whole year for every hour
that we shared, i would still be richer now
Hold on, be strong, you don’t have to fall
And in the darkest moments find a ray of light
When morning comes again you know we’ll be alright
Gone are the days when we could count our lives complete
with just pennies in our pockets and a friend just down the street
And as these days grow shorter just one thing remains
don’t stop to think, all you needed was a name
Yes, gone are the days when we could laugh into the rain
They’re different answers, but the questions still remain
the sweetest days we had stay safe locked here inside
all the memories of every precious moment
and if i traded a whole year for every hour
that we shared, i would still be richer now
these are the days when we can see life as a game
There’s different questions, but the answers are the same
the sweetest days we had stay safe locked here inside
all the memories of every precious moment
and if i traded a whole year for every hour
that we shared, i would still be richer now
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