Long Long Gone - Silver Jews

I never tried as hard as I could

I’ve seen more than I’ve understood

Take my father, who came back from the dead

«I needed just one more drink,» he said

He sat there reading books

While my mother slowly lost her looks

And even though we were poor

The sun still shined on our door

O Lord!

Please come down from the mountain

Some of us are broke and having problems

And everybody knows, that I know what’s going on

And if cars could run on teardrops, I’d be long, long gone

I got a plan to get me out of debt

I’m gonna play this to perfect a bet

I’m gonna change the pattern of the stars

I’d like to horse-whip all these VCR’s

Screw the soft rock and the salad bars

Let’s turn our backs on all the movie stars

Let’s raise our voices up and sing:

«We are not one with everything»

O Lord!

Please come down from the mountain

Some of us are broke and having problems

And everybody knows, that I know what’s going on

And if cars could run on teardrops, I’d be long, long gone

Long, long gone

Long, long gone