Lyrics

Long Time Gone

I hadn?t seen her in years when she walked in the bar
but her eyes were still as blue as I felt when we fell apart
I was beating my guitar, singing all the horrid pop songs
squinting my eyes through the smoke I watched her singing along

Chorus:
but she didn?t know it was me, and I didn?t know what to do or how to be
I thought she lived on the other side of Time, maybe she?s come back for me

I watched her buy a drink, a gin and tonic just as usual
was that the blouse that I?d bought her?
she?d always turn up the collar

Chorus:
I didn?t know what to do, when she left me for far away
I thought we were in this together, I thought she was going my way

Bridge:
she was going to be a doctor, I was going to be a star
I shouldn?t have to live without her, how can this be so hard
it?s so hard to think of how quickly life can change
we?re not together and me playing bars wasn?t what I?d arranged

Verse
when I finished my set I wandered my way back home
voice hoarse, fingers throbbing, and as usual alone
I fix a scotch in the kitchen, a splash to smooth out the night
strange how we were together her not knowing she was with me this time

Chorus (double chorus)
then I pull out my old scrapbook, leather tarnished and worn
I turn to the page with the death notice on it, I?d put it there five years before

and I have to smile when I think of those days
I can?t believe that they?re through
I never thought that I?d see her again, but I always do