Maybe if he had time to to evolve it. I was thinking maybe if he got a hold of those lyrics when he was a younger man but it took a lifetime to come up with those lyrics.
I consider Days Between as much more than "holding up as a Jerry ballad." It's A-list, and I know that high praise, but it's simply brilliant. The only knock on it is that it came around just as Jerry was on his downslope. Listen to 12-11-94. Mesmerizing.