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Time Long Gone
Jazz
Time Long Gone was released on January 16, 2026 by Shady Oak Joint as a part of the album Roaring Fork & Frying Pan
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Release DateJanuary 16, 2026
LabelShady Oak Joint
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM89

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mike Murdy
Mike Murdy
Other Instrument
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael J. Murdy
Michael J. Murdy
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mike Murdy
Mike Murdy
Producer

Lyrics

Neon jackets zipped to the chin
Ray-Bans hiding how late it'd been
First chair lies – last call truth
Two lives running on borrowed youth
Wheeler lights spill down the street
Red Onion ghosts at my feet
Cooper Street humming after dark
Bartender pours gasoline on sparks
Louie XIII just to prove a point
Cristal popping like an exhaled joint
Rumple Minze there to kill the cold
Stoli neat — we were brave and bold
The valley still looks like it always did
Same white lines carved where the old days lived
Characters change, yeah, the crowd moves on
Funny how a place holds still when the time is gone
Instructor blues before the sun
White room mornings, first tracks won
Name on a jacket, whistle tight
Teaching balance, selling light
Après smiles, boots still wet
Counting tips we never kept
Sun drops fast behind the hill
Different uniform, same free will
Hair still damp, stage lights warm
Stratocaster truth with a borrowed form
Crowd knew words before the tune
We played like rent was coming due
The valley still looks like it always did
Same white lines carved where the old days lived
The characters faded, the cast moved on
Funny how a place holds still when the time is gone
I walked it back in later years
Same cold air, different fears
Names I knew don't answer phones
Stories live where stories go
New clubs roar in different ways
And nobody's talking 'bout yesterdays
I don't resist it, I let it stand
Time didn't fail us, it just moved on
Lift lines moving right on time
Digital boards reveal the climb
Same runs – the names are new
Transplants chasing the alpine view
Fools up high where eyes once met
Proof-of-life instead of sway
It don't matter the price we paid
Now I notice how stories fade
I remember each turn I ever made
I feel every tab I ever paid
But the echoes don't repeat their sound
They fade out clean when no one's around
The valley there looks brighter than it once did
New lift lines where the old days lived
I don't miss it — the town moved on
I'm missing my youth and a time long gone
Written by: Michael J. Murdy
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