Long Ride Home

Album: 1000 Kisses (2002)
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  • Long black limousine
    Shiniest car I've ever seen
    The back seat is nice and clean
    She rides as quiet as a dream
    Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
    I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down
    Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
    With me riding in a race car, and you flying through the clouds

    I've had some time to think about you
    And watch the sun sink like a stone
    I've had some time to think about you
    On the long ride home

    One day I took your tiny hand
    Put your finger in the wedding band
    Your daddy gave a piece of land
    We laid ourselves the best of plans
    Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed
    Forty years of things you wish you'd never said
    How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead
    I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red

    I've had some time to think about you
    And watch the sun sink like a stone
    I've had some time to think about you
    On the long ride home

    Headlights staring at the driveway
    The house is dark as it can be
    I go inside and all is silent
    It seems as empty as the inside of me

    I've had some time to think about you
    And watch the sun sink like a stone
    I've had some time to think about you
    On the long, on the long
    Oh the long, on the long
    On the long ride home Writer/s: PATTY GRIFFIN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Anonymousthis is a beautiful song-thank you
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