Keith Emerson の Honky というアルバムにあった曲です。元々Bachの原曲をアレンジしたりしていた人ですが、ここまでの才能があったのかとビックリしました。が、よ~く調べてみたら英国のクラシックの鍵盤楽器奏者の作品だったのですね。我々の世代では子供の頃になじんだなつかしいポパイのテーマ曲です。平均律のフレーズとかがちりばめられていてすごい才能ですね。
When it's not always raining there'll be days like this
When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this
When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch
Oh, my mama told me, "There'll be days like this"
When you don't need to worry there'll be days like this
When no one's in a hurry there'll be days like this
When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit
Then I must remember there'll be days like this
When you don't need an answer there'll be days like this
When you don't meet a chancer there'll be days like this
When you don't get betrayed by that old Judas kiss
And I must remember there'll be days like this
When everyone is up front and they're not playing tricks
When you don't have no freeloaders out to get their kicks
When it's nobody's business the way that you wanna live
Oh, my mama told me, "There'll be days like this"
When no one steps on my dreams there'll be days like this
People understand what I mean there'll be days like this
When you ring out the changes of how everything is
Oh, my mama told me, "There'll be days like this"
Oh, my mama told me, "There'll be days like this"
Oh, my mama told me, "There'll be days like this"
Oh, my mama told me, "There'll be days like this"
Oh, my mama told me, "There'll be days like this"
chancer = 得になるならどんな機会でも利用する人
freeloader = 他人の気前のよさにつけこむ人
to get one's kicks = 快感を味わう
everything falls into place like the flick of a switch = すべてがバッチリうまくいく