A Long Time Ago

Hope seems like a joke

I was told when I was young

And I got old yesterday

I woke up in the cold and grey

Creaky boned heart like

An old dog sleeping all day

Sleeping his life away

I don’t know what to do now

Is it time to go?

The answer, she says,

Is always yes and no

The question is a lie anyway

Cos you already know

You knew a long time ago

A long time ago

I’ve been thinking about time

Been thinking about everything

We used to talk about giving in

I’d say you live and lose

You’d say giving up

Is the biggest sin

But now I’m not sure

What any of it means anymore

Yesterday we were singing as we walked

In the gentle night

With peace in our hearts

And time moving slow

But yesterday was a long time ago

It was a long time ago

A long time ago

A long time ago