Long May It Last Lyrics

I once heard a story

Of an evening refusing to end

Did its best to stay going

Its beloved daylight was there to defend

Took such delight

Running

From the dead of the night

For answers that lie in the morning

When the dim light of cars cuts the air

Creeps from the dark

Plays its part

Road before you its there

Subtle yet so seen

We wouldn't know what it means

Although I know

That's not strictly true

It meant something to me and I know something to you

Oh the seed in the ground it holds until it's time

Stay and freeze

Arise and shine

As the wind whistles the treetops not meaning to offend them

Announcing its presence as if it was recommended

Spares the blushes of an onlooking offender

Who couldn't tell you if his life is bad or if it's getting better

Oh a poet he swigs from his empty bottle

Lays himself down with his foot on the throttle

And a rose oh it stands arisen at last

Breathing through its future and drowning in its past

Long may it last

Long may it last

Long may it last

Long may it last