In the Long Year Lyrics

I loved you on the highway

And in the bath

And in the storm drain eating up my cigarette ash

I loved you in a toothache

And in the mail

And in the long year descending to the bottom of the trail

I loved you in a stain

I loved you when you'd ask

I loved you on the first day, baby

And I loved you on the last

I loved you as a stranger

And in our bed

As you were laughing freely at something that I said

I loved you as you craned

As the wheel was turning back

I loved you in the freeze and the thaw

and I loved you after that

I sit in rocky silence

Too thick for dreaming

I greet the salty absence

Breezing from within

I cough a long wind

I rub both my eyes

I clean up the mess

I accept my prize

I blow through the winnings

I clean that up too

And then I picture a picture someone else took of you

I loved you in the mirror

Looking alone

In the long year, the creaking of your steps beyond the door

I loved you in a stain

I loved you when you asked

I loved you on the first day, baby

And I loved you after that

I loved you on the first day, baby

Wonder will it ever pass?