Long Time Gone Lyrics

Love my daddy and I love him true

He's got dreams to spare in his eyes of blue

But he's a cheater and I'm his child

With his silver tongue and his easy smile

Lord, it scares me it makes me shake

I was born to burn and bound to break

But that's the thing about blood they say

That it's mostly water anyway

So I get up with the dawn

And I wander to the sea

Kneel by the shore

To wash my spirit clean

Of all the dirty stories

Of who I'm supposed to be

They'll be a long time gone

Love my darlin' and I love him free

Love the way he moves in me

Warm and welcome like summer rain

And gone as quickly as he came

How I'd like to wake by him

And watch his face as the sun comes in

But it's hard to open when something starts

Love's the horse and fear's the cart

But I get up with the sun

And I kiss him on the head

Soon long days will be gone

Soon the dandelions dead

And I cried with the Pacific

And I blessed the words he said

They were a long time gone

Everyday you get to choose

Between gilded wings and leaded boots

Sinner's daughter, baby green

Find me somewhere in between

And get me up at dawn

By someone that I love

Before the ground is warm

Before I try to run

And breathe me in the morning

Another one I chose

Before a long time's gone

I'll be a long time gone