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Long Long Time

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Singer/Songwriter

Long Long Time was released on August 23, 2005 by Small and Nimble Records as a part of the album Love Songs: For and Against

Song Details

AlbumLove Songs: For and Against

Release DateAugust 23, 2005

LabelSmall and Nimble Records

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM106

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Guy Forsyth

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Guy Forsyth

Songwriter

Mark Addison

Songwriter

Nina Singh

Songwriter

Lyrics

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

When I was a kid I used to draw airplanes with stars and bars

Shooting down airplanes adorned with hammers and sickles

I bought a hundred water guns so I could save the world

Saving my lunch money and stealing my

Father's quarters, dimes and nickels

I discovered religion watching Luke Skywalker rescue Princess Leia

And destroying the Death Star by letting go and closing his eyes

And I devoured comic books

Three color mythologies taught me right and wrong

And if you believe, you could fly

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

I remember listening to songs about trains

And feeling the rush of wonder at the possibility

That the world was infinite and accessible all at the same time

And then it was songs about highways and Born to Be Wild

And Little Red Corvette and the road went on forever in my mind

But now it's clogged bumper to bumper with stinking SUVs

And two story pickup trucks that can drive over anything

Except the two story pickup truck right in front of it

Now even the highways look the same

Starbucks and 7-Elevens and Walmarts jam the feeder roads

We don't live around this mess, we live under it

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

Since I felt fine

Now all the songs are about gangsters and guns

And the TV speeds by at a hundred deaths an hour

And everyone wants to pull off the crime of the century

Steal two hundred gazillion dollars

Enough to buy myself an island

And build a real honest to God train on it for no one but me

And get away with it, get away with it

We Americans are freedom loving people

And nothing says freedom like getting away with it

We went from Billy the Kid to Richard Nixon

Enron, Exxon, O.J. Simpson

We used to dream about heroes

But now it's just how to beat the system

So where do we go to dream now?

Up on the roof of the projects

Straining through the city lights

To see if they've built golden arches on the moon yet

Self-medicated, half sedated

Trying our best to stay distracted

Living life according to the TV set

Corporations owning nations

Telling us don't change the station

It's the only safe way to win the human race

I wonder how the world sees us

Rich beyond compare, powerful without equal

A spoiled drunk fifteen year old waving a gun in their face

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

It's been a long, long, long, long, long

Long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

Since I felt fine

Written by: Guy Forsyth, Mark Addison, Nina Singh

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