Long Time Leavin' - Rare Earth

Long time leavin', long time gone

I’ve been a long time leavin'

But I’ll be a long time gone

It wasn’t you, it wasn’t me

So tell me how it came to be

Our dreams decayed

How two in love so much could hate

So how they came to desecrate

The vows they made

Now I tried so hard

But there’s just nothing left to save

Well I’ve tried so hard

But we’re just living in a grave

I’ve been a long time leavin'

But I’ll be a long time gone

Don’t cry because our day is dead

The night I slain her in her bed

For what she was

Though ours was just the smallest phase

In love’s eternal song of phrase

She died for us

Now I tried so hard

But there’s just nothing left to save

Well I’ve tried so hard

But we’re just living in a grave

I’ve been a long time leavin'

But I’ll be a long time gone

Away

Your tears we cry that some are strong

That covered up the smiles so long

That was my son

I’ve watched them fall, the sadness lost

The coins in which we pay the cost

For all we’ve done

Well I tried so hard

But there’s just nothing left to save

Well I’ve tried so hard

But we’re just living in a grave

I’ve been a long time leavin'

But I’ll be a long time gone

I’ve been a long time leavin'

But I’ll be a long time gone

Searchin' for my dream

My dream

Dream…