La canción refleja los sentimientos de desilusión y contemplación de Jackson Browne sobre su vida y las personas a su alrededor durante un período de cambio en los años 60. Fue escrita cuando tenía 16 años y capta una sensación de envejecimiento prematuro y la consideración de los propios fracasos.
Well I've been out walkin' And I don't do that much talking, these days These days These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do, for you And all the times I had a chance to
Well I had a lover It's so hard to risk another these days These days Now if I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song Well it's just that I have been losing, so long
Well, I'll keep on movin', moving on Things are bound to be improvin' these days One of these days These days I sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend Don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them