Long time leavin', long time gone I've been a long time leavin' But I'll be a long time gone
It wasn't you, it wasn't me So tell me how it came to be Our dreams decayed How two in love so much could hate So how they came to desecrate The vows they made
Now I tried so hard But there's just nothing left to save Well I've tried so hard But we're just living in a grave
I've been a long time leavin' But I'll be a long time gone
Don't cry because our day is dead The night I slain her in her bed For what she was Though ours was just the smallest phase In love's eternal song of phrase She died for us
Now I tried so hard But there's just nothing left to save Well I've tried so hard But we're just living in a grave
I've been a long time leavin' But I'll be a long time gone Away
Your tears we cry that some are strong That covered up the smiles so long That was my son I've watched them fall, the sadness lost The coins in which we pay the cost For all we've done
Well I tried so hard But there's just nothing left to save Well I've tried so hard But we're just living in a grave
I've been a long time leavin' But I'll be a long time gone I've been a long time leavin' But I'll be a long time gone