DOWN SO LONG

 

Sun sets 'cross the ocean

A thousand miles from anywhere

My pocketbook and my heart both just got stolen

And that sun acts like she don't even care

The wind blows cold when you reach the top

It feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of your my shoe

I got a plastic Jesus, a cordless telephone for every corner of my room

Seems everybody but you is telling me what to do

 

CHORUS But I've been down so long

Oh, it can't be longer still

I've been down so long

That the end must be drawing near

 

I look to everybody but me to answer my prayers

'Til I saw an angel in a bathroom who said she saw nothing worth saving

Anywhere

Blind man on the corner said it's simple

Like flipping a coin

Don't matter what side it lands on if it's someone else's dime

 

CHORUS

 

I take a trip, I catch a train, I catch a plane

I got a ticket in my hand

And then a man takes my money

And like cattle we all stand

 

But we've been down so long

Oh, it can't be longer still

We've been down so long

The end must be . . .

I know the end must be . . .

Oh, I know the end must be drawing near

 

Jewel Kilcher

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