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Long Ride Home

Patty Griffin

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Long Black Limousine
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Shiniest car I've ever seen
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The back seat is nice and clean
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She rides as quiet as a dream
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Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
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I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down
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Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
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With me riding this car, and you flying through the clouds
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I've had some time to think about it
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And watch the sun sink like a stone
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I've had some time to think about you
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On the long ride home
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One day I took your tiny hand
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Put your finger in the wedding band
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Your daddy gave a piece of land
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We laid ourselves the best of plans
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Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed
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Forty years of things you say you wish you'd never said
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How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead
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I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red
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I've had some time to think about it
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And watch the sun sink like a stone
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I've had some time to think about you
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On the long ride home
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Headlights searching down the driveway
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The house is dark as it can be
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I go inside and all is silent
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And seems as empty as the inside of me
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I've had some time to think about it
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And watch the sun sink like a stone
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I've had some time to think about you
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On the long ride home
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On that long
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On the long
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On the lo--ng
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On the long ride home