Longest Days

Album: Plain Spoken (2014)
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  • Seems like once upon a time ago
    I was where I was supposed to be
    My vision was true and my heart was too
    There was no end to what I could dream
    I walked like a hero into the setting sun
    Everyone called out my name
    Death to me was just a mystery
    I was too busy raising up Cain

    But nothing lasts forever
    Your best efforts don't always pay
    Sometimes you get sick
    And don't get better
    That's when life is short
    Even in its longest days

    So you pretend not to notice
    That everything has changed
    The way that you look
    And the friends you once had
    So you keep on acting the same
    But deep down in your soul
    You know you, you got no flame
    And who knows then which way to go
    Life is short even in its longest days

    All I got here
    Is a rear view mirror
    Reflections of where I've been
    So you tell yourself I'll be back up on top some day
    But you know there's nothing waiting up there for you anyway

    Nothing lasts forever
    And your best efforts don't always pay
    Sometimes you get sick
    And you don't get better
    That's when life is short
    Even in its longest days

    Life is short
    Even in its longest days Writer/s: JOHN MELLENCAMP
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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