La La Land Cast - Another Day Of Sun Lyrics

La La Land Cast Lyrics

"Another Day Of Sun"
(from "La La Land" soundtrack)

[First Girl:]
Ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba
Ba-ba-ba ba-da-ba-da-ba
Ba-ba-ba ba

[First Girl:]
I think about that day
I left him at a Greyhound station
West of Santa Fé
We were seventeen,
But he was sweet and it was true
Still I did what I had to do
'Cause I just knew

Summer: Sunday nights
We'd sink into our seats
Right as they dimmed out all the lights
A Technicolor world made out of music and machine
It called me to be on that screen
And live inside each scene

[First Girl & First Man:]
Without a nickel to my name
Hopped a bus, here I came
Could be brave or just insane

[First Girl, First Man & Second Man:]
We'll have to see

[First Girl:]
'Cause maybe in that sleepy town
He'll sit one day, the lights are down
He'll see my face and think of how he...

[First Girl, First Man, Second Man & Dancers:]
...used to know me

[All:]
Climb these hills
I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing all the lights that shine
(the lights that shine)
And when they let you down
(and it's another day of...)
You'll get up off the ground
(and it's another day of...)
'Cause morning rolls around
And it's another day of sun

[Young Man:]
I hear 'em every day
The rhythms in the canyons
That'll never fade away
The ballads in the barrooms
Left by those who came before
They say, "You gotta want it more."
So I bang on every door

[Second Girl:]
And even when the answer's "No"
Or when my money's running low
The dusty mic and neon glow
Are all I need

[Young Man:]
And someday as I sing my song
A small-town kid'll come along

[Second Girl & Young Man:]
That'll be the thing to push him on and go go

[All:]
Climb these hills
I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing all the lights that shine
(the lights that shine)
And when they let you down
(and it's another day of...)
You'll get up off the ground
(and it's another day of...)
'Cause morning rolls around
And it's another day of sun

[Instrumental break]

[First Girl:]
When they let you down
The morning rolls around

[All:]
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun
Just another day of sun
It's another day of sun
Another day has just begun
It's another day of sun

It's another day of sun

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Thanks to Zara, Este, Emily for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Benj Pasek, Justin Noble Paul, Justin Hurwitz

Justin Hurwitz explained, "...our working title for that song, for a very long time, was just 'Traffic'. Even late in the process I remember… After Pasek and Paul wrote the words 'Another Day of Sun' and that title existed, all of the crew and department heads were still sometimes calling it 'Traffic'."

Justin Paul said about the meaning of 'Another Day Of Sun', "L.A. may also be a constant struggle, but it's also constant blue skies. You pursue that dream, and you go to bed and get up the next day, and it's a gorgeous day. It encourages you in one breath, and in another breath doesn't acknowledge that you just failed miserably. You wake up and it doesn't match your mood. It's a bright and shiny day. And you're like, 'Wait a second!'."