Been so long
Since I held you tight
So much time has gone
Since you said you were mine
Light out for the territory
Sun way past meridian line
The shadows are getting longer
We won't survive another winter
We counted out our days
Like bone beads
Speaking in hushed tones
Air sucked from dry lungs
The ticking clock
We told our fortunes to the night
We whispered promises
I'm gone until November
But I'll come for you before the winter
But the blind world kept beating
And then you were gone
The only dead cert is change always comes
But in a changing world you were the sun
My red cedar on cracked ground
That's still green in shifting sands and tilting times
I miss you whenever I play our favourite rocksteady hits
You cracked my heart open and kept the pink bits
But now a new decade with old scars
Beckons fast
Out on the Mississippi
Under these unfamiliar stars
The bard said suffer the song of the dark
And that's the truth
But I just can't understand that you're gone
Been so long
Since I held you tight
So much time has gone
Since you said you were mine
Been so long
Since I held you tight
So much time has gone
Since you said you were mine
Been so long
Since I held you tight
So much time has gone
Since you said you were mine