Days Like This

In a chat earlier, people were talking about the phrase "mama told me there'd be days like this." I flashed back to this song by Van Morrison.

Someone asked how this would be a positive song. I think it's positive because Van Morrison is turning the phrase on its head. There will be days when things all seem to fall into place. If today, my day is going badly, and things don't seem to be clicking, or everything just seems to be falling apart around me, my negative thinking sees only these dark clouds and bad times. But the song (and I love the arrangement as well) reminds me that there are days when that won't be the case. See for yourself with the lyrics below.

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
Well 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 you don't get betrayed by that old Judas kiss
Oh my mama told me 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 all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit
Then I must remember there'll be days like this
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/v/van-morrison-lyrics/days-like-this-lyrics.html]

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
I just have to remember there'll be days like this

When no one steps on my dreams there'll be days like this
When people understand what I mean there'll be days like this
When you ring out the changes of how everything is
Well 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