Loggins & Messina - Brighter Days Lyrics

Mother Lode.Opened my eyes for sure.

so I finally got over someone leaving to early and Jerry …………… Mr

Feeling like a song and after playing it twice I remember why…………………………

This song is relatable to all of us at one time in our lives..
Right to the heart

My husband and I fell in love to this song 37 years ago. As sad as it should be, it's the most romantic song in the world to me. I will always love this song.

Still touches me deep in my soul. Over 40 years & I still love this song! ❤😭🌹

makes me cry every time...

This reminds me of my early 20's...sad but..at the same time inspiring that there are better times to come..

To my dog who is sick and likely will be put to sleep today. Bye Sadie. You're a good girl. Thank you.

I was hooked on Loggins & Messina from when I first heard this. I wore out this LP, "Mother Lode".

Jeannie E. H Me too and that was in 1974!

My favorite L&M song.  Totally blown away.

Can someone define his type of music.....??? Is it folk, rock....or everything? thank you !!!

such a beautiful song...something to make anyone feel good...

Thanks! Good music from da ol' days!! 😁😀😁🎶

As good as it gets.

Kenny, why do you make me cry? You've been blessed....God bless you ♡♡♡

So true, this song always makes me cry, but sometimes it has to come out. More and more lately.

I adore and will love you forever, Kenny Loggins. Love, Maria

Ahhh, Loggins & Messina. Incredible music still. They have been a huge part of my life's soundtrack since '71 Don't let it be lost to time, share it all with family and friends, especially your childrens children, they'll love it and thank you for it for their lifetimes.

Wow! What a pleasure to listen to such a beautiful song and see such amazing photography!
Thank you so much!

stay true

what a Jem.

can you play an instrument.

This song made me want to play the mandolin. This song is simply awesome

Beautiful song that moves me everything I hear it!

Such a sweet song

Extraordinary tune that is hardly played in radio along with many songs in this Mother Lode album that are introspective and better written than many of the popular Eagles songs!

this goes out to my dad, best friend, and hero. may you finally be at peace

Elisha Gerow I’m sorry for your loss

Jeremy Haney sorry for your loss.

I remember when I was 15 driving up with my brother Jimmy his girlfriend Darlene and her brother Brian it was the first concert I want to say and we saw them perform the song I never forgot it was this morning that my brother Jim dedicate

A perfectly sung and written song.........amazing song and album that I was lucky enough to discover in the 70's

David: Mother Lode is a superior LP for sure. My favorites are the least played songs: Time to Space. Move On, Fever Dream and Keep Me In Mind. Native Sons, the last L & M LP is also brilliant. Kenny's song My Lady My Love is in the same vein as Brighter Days, just as pretty and melodic. Did you know that the lyrics to Fever Dream were co-written by Maury Mulheisen (sp?) the great guitarist who perished with Jim Croce in the plane crash back in 1973? Jim opened for L & M on a number of shows and he and Kenny became great friends. Kenny told me he was the finest acoustic guitarist he ever heard. As to Move On, I believe it is the finest musical arrangement in L & M's long songs catalog...tho Pathway to Glory from Full Sail LP is just as brilliant. Jim Messina cannot be overlooked as a truly gifted songwriter and arranger.

love this album since I was twelve.and learning to play the VB drums in grammar school.still love this music.taught me a lot.

The magic of Loggins & Messina

I held on to this song just like a silent prayer~ A true survivor~Kathleen

me too! since I was 9 years

Your girls have exquisite taste in songs.

Me too.......what a message and mood. I like your comment

Beautiful song.......... Raining here, great song 2 go down memory lane 2

Yessss...... Me, too. I strongly recommend one or two beverages, and some time..........to figure out what the HELL went "wrong". Best.

One of my favorites

I saw Kenny Loggins live in St. Louis at The Keil Opera House in 1979.  He sang this song and I found it to be amazing.  This song still sounds great.

What a voice!!!! Awesome lyrics!!

cool cool

god, they were so good, we kept the radio on the whole day just so we could catch their songs, we thought them the greatest musicians in the world then.

great song..

Brings back painful memories from my last marriage. I hadn't listened to it since our breakup. As the song says, however, there'll be brighter days. And there were when I reconnected with someone I knew in high school who became my soulmate. Keep the faith. 

Danny Overstreet still with the same girl.sina

I forgot how much I liked Loggins and Messina. I bought the album when it came out but I haven't played it for years, maybe tonight's the night! Thanks for posting, the pictures were really nice.

Me too!

This is a stunningly beautiful video. Thank you for your effort. And this song is the perfect song...

i was in 9th grade and listened to this album everyday, still sounds great all these years later..wow.

brand perry I was in grammar school advanced band drummer.abd still love this album.tought me a lot.

I love this album and this song!!!

Thank you!!!

I practically wore out my Mother Lode album. Been years since I listened to these songs. Sure bring back the memories.

childhood...

OldBittyGrandma so true where are you.my love I'm 52.

per chi capisce l'italiano. Questa musica mi ha acompagnato nelle serate prima di addormentarci..con il mio amante, compagno, amico....che ora non c'è più. un po' di musica meravigliosa per ricordare chi ci ha lasciato troppo presto!

I wished I had discovered it as well...beautiful as usual.

A nice way to say goodbye to summer

me too. OSU Stillwater 1974-75 (17age) in the dorm room. high tech quad stereo...missed classes hypnotized. crammed 4 yr degree into 8yrs!

One of the first songs I learned to play on guitar. Thanks so much for posting this.

Kenny Loggins, what a musician. Beautiful lyrics, beautiful voice. I've loved him since I was 14 in 1974.

Toni Adams I will love and adore Kenny Loggins forever. Love never dies........♡

fantastic, brighter days and where di i go from here, by england dan and john ford coley, are the two best songs of that time, memories of a more simple time.

susaoh my gon willmore

susan willmore so true.

I love this song, even calling KPRI in San Diego and asking the beautiful and sexy late night disc jockey babe Linda McInnes to play it on my 18th birthday. She signed off without playing it.

She committed suicide some twenty years later, when her own 'Brighter Days' were hard to find.

Beautiful images.Life is like this song much of the time, Bitter Sweet. But man what an amazing, beautiful ride. The bumps are not optional however.

Good grief! I don't even remember this from the '70's, but it sure as heck makes me boohoo like a baby. I really must be getting weird.....

nomopms1 nothing is wrong with you.music moves us.its good to feel.yoyr human.god bless you.

You're not alone.

Favorite of memories!

I had forgotten how lovely and soulful this song was. It sounded great back then on vinyl and it still sounds great almost 40 years later. He really captures the feeling of time passing in a wistful way.

Kenny and Jimmy have provided me with so many sweet melodies and music, for a very, very long time. They are timeless.

Just came across this song, beautiful harmonies

just so beautiful!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for blessing my morning :-)

I absolutely love this song!!!! I have looked for this before hoping to see a video of their performance but the scenery will do. Kenny never sings this in concert that I know of. That is too bad as it is such a beautiful song and brings me back to another time. Thank you for posting this.

For some reason I feel melancholic right now, and I clicked the song at just the right time for what I was feeling inside...I love these moments.

I love the way Kenny wraps his voice, literally, around a lyric

As a child, my mother always made sure we went up to the mountains in Colorado, where I grew up, to witness the aspen turning, and walk in the autumn air. She's been gone so long now, but whenever I see leaves changing I always think of her. Those memories are golden.

GREAT SONG

@longstack1 Agreed. What an amazing album.

absolutley fabulous what can one say

Beautiful, just beautiful! Thank you so much for posting this song!

"Brighter Days"
written by Kenny Loggins and Dona Lyn George

I've seen brighter.... I've known brighter days
lying alone in the shade of a manzanita;
it's been sweeter, bitter sweeter days.
I know it's not for always, but all I can say is
I've known better days.
Is summer gone? Has it been that long?
I guess that's what seasons will bring.
I'm caught again in the autumn wind,
but I remember spring.
For I've seen brighter days,
seen lighter places to stay along my way.

Oh, I've seen brighter days
I've seen warmer, soft and warmer nights
lying with love by my side in the sycamores,
there've been finer, I've seen mighty finer nights
Knowing what's wrong or what's right just don't matter
when you're in warmer nights.
But here I am like a sea blown wind
under my thunder and rain
I'll ride the waves till a sunny day
comes to me again
for I've seen brighter days,
seen lighter places to stay ..along my way.
Oh, I've seen brighter days.

Mellowswan thank you.for the lyrics.bless you.love this song

I sent this to my new buddy Don tonight. What a heart-spinning song....

One of my favorite Logging and Messina songs! Such great lyrics! Thanks for posting!

I just love this song, thanks!

Just checkin in for a dose of beauty and simple heart. Love me.

Ah. Waited all day to come back home and listen to this. What a gift dear poster. I thank you again and again. I've had a long,somewhat troubling day. Bless you.

@ToeIn2194 Me too. Such a beautiful, tender song.

I love this.. wow..thanks :-)

Thank you! Thank you! I love this like you wouldn't believe!

Great song! Thanks so much for posting! Has been years since I have heard. Also, pictures are beautiful!