Long Time Gone

Love my daddy and I love him true
He's got dreams to spare in his eyes of blue
But he's a cheater and I'm his child
With his silver tongue and his easy smile
Lord, it scares me it makes me shake
I was born to burn and bound to break
But that's the thing about blood they say
That it's mostly water anyway

So I get up with the dawn
And I wander to the sea
Kneel by the shore
To wash my spirit clean
Of all the dirty stories
Of who I'm supposed to be
They'll be a long time gone

Love my darlin' and I love him free
Love the way he moves in me
Warm and welcome like summer rain
And gone as quickly as he came
How I'd like to wake by him
And watch his face as the sun comes in
But it's hard to open when something starts
Love's the horse and fear's the cart

But I get up with the sun
And I kiss him on the head
Soon long days will be gone
Soon the dandelions dead
And I cried with the Pacific
And I blessed the words he said
They were a long time gone

Everyday you get to choose
Between gilded wings and leaded boots
Sinner's daughter, baby green
Find me somewhere in between

And get me up at dawn
By someone that I love
Before the ground is warm
Before I try to run
And breathe me in the morning
Another one I chose
Before a long time's gone
I'll be a long time gone