How Long Has It Been Lyrics

How Long Has It Been

How long has it been since you have been to the other side

Taken that ride with your eyes open wide

And your heart on display for another day

Prepared to play and emotional game in the driving rain

Hopping onto a train that's rolling into the night

Towards an invisible light forcing you to recite

The same old prayers again

How long has it been

How long has it been since you picked up a pen

That was begging to speak about the feelings that leak

From a swollen creek that's been carving a path

Through the fields of wrath and the mountains that laugh

At the keepers of souls who write in the holes

Full of unworthy goals and ridiculous rules

Fashioned by fools using outdated tools

That they stole from your den

How long has it been

How long has it been since you loosened your tie

How long has it been since she told you goodbye

How long has it been since you let down your hair

For a born again stranger who sat in your chair

The last time you met wasn't meant to be

The beginning of the end

How long has it been

How long has it been since you looked at the men

In their fresh tailored suits playing magical flutes

Hacking off roots that kept the trees alive

Helped us survive from the church to the dive

Down a cobblestone street where the lonely men meet

Take a load off their feet drink a few beers

Shed a few tears count up the years

And try to remember when

How long has it been

How long has it been since you loosened your tie

How long has it been since she told you good-bye

How long has it been since you let down your hair

For a born again stranger who sat in your chair

The last time you met wasn't meant to be

The beginning of the end

How long has it been