“Long Year”
By: Steve Everett
Verse 1
Woke up way too early one morning late last fall
Couldn’t hear you breathing, couldn’t feel you on my arm
Lord the room was freezing with the window open wide
Spent the next month sleeping all alone & on your side
Chorus
It’s been a long year and some dark, dark nights
Since you threw a lasso ‘round the moon & rode it outta sight
I could see where you were headed so I tried to rope the sun
But he just burned my lasso off & said
Boy you’ve gotta let love run, It’s been a long year
Verse 2
I used to think your father’s love advice was always right
He said boy keep movin’, you’ll forget her face in time
He couldn’t have been wronger if wronger was a word
Cause your memory’s stronger than the best advice I’ve heard
Bridge
And every shooting star that I see
I can’t help but wonder if you’re driving
And maybe you’re up in the sea of tranquility
Waitin’ on me to be what you need
So you can come back down and try it