Can anyone help with the title of this song? Warren Zevon sings it, but I don't know the name.?

Question

I'm not sure if it's an original by Warren Zevon or a cover. It sounds like an original, and I’ve heard just about every song by him. That is until I heard this one. The song starts out, "Well, I've been out walking, I don't do that much talking, these days, these daaays. These days I seem to think a lot about the things I forgot to do."
Thanx for any help.

Does anyone know if Warren Zevon ever recorded a version of this?

Answer 1

These Days is a song by Jackson Browne, first performed by Nico in 1967 on Chelsea Girl and later performed by Browne himself in 1973 on For Everyman.
artist: Jackson Browne lyrics
title: I've Been Out Walking (These Days)
album: The Nina Music
EDIT - Cher did a cover, as did many artists.

Answer 2

Cher - "These Days"


Well I've been out walking
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
Oh, honey, for you
And all the times I had
The chance to

Well I had a lover
Lord, It's to hard to risk another
These days oh, these days
And if I seem to be afraid
To live the life I have made in song
Oh yeah
Well it's just that I've been losing
Losing for so long

And I wonder if I'll ever
See another highway

Well, now I'll keep on moving
Lord, things are bound to be improving
These days one of these days
These days I sit on corner stones
I count the time in quarter tones till ten
My sweet friend
Please don't confront me with my failures
I've not forgotten them
I've not forgotten them
I've not forgotten them
Oh oh