It's Been A Long Time - Steve Forbert

It’s been a long time

Since we stood beside the water

The sun goin’down

Was burnin’peaceful and slow

And the shadows of evening

Were creepin’around us It’s been a long time

It’s been a mighty long time

It’s been a long time

We used to find it all together

The new and the strange

Lotsa gambles and dares

And the road was a high road

It led to the hilltops

It’s been a long time

It’s been a mighty long time

BRIDGE

Turnin’wheels, rollin’hard

Flyin’down the boulevard

Take it slow, let me breathe

I can’t relate, I can’t believe

Dirty snow, city lights

Tower clocks and lonely nights

Reachin’out, it’s love in vain

I can’t connect, I can’t explain

It’s been a long time

We used to laugh away the hours

The summer was kind

And we were kids in the heat

And the moon was a high moon

It rose in the twilight

It’s been a long time

It’s been a mighty long time

It’s been a long time

I look around, I’m gettin’older

Rememberin’fun

And tryna find it again

Lookin’in through the doorways

And talkin’to strangers

It’s been a long time

It’s been a mighty long

Steve Forbert

Welk Music (ASCAP)/

Rolling Tide Music (ASCAP)