Long Lonely Road - Valerie June

Pile in the church pew rows

Gran made the best yeast rolls

Gospel stories told

'Bout the one way to save your soul

Drag out the old guitar

Gas up that old Ford car

We’re gonna hit the dusty road

Four wheels can barely load

It’s been a long

It’s been a long, long, long, long, long, long, lonely road

Pops earned his bread in dust

But his hard-working hands fed us

Sun up till sun sank down

His body worked to the ground

Folks thought we had it made

'Cause we always kept a face

Meanwhile there’s bills to pay

And the stack growing every day

It’s been a long

It’s been a long, long

Been a long, long, long, long, lonely road

My, my, my it’s been a long

Been a long, long

Been a long, long, long, long, lonely road

Soon as I turned 18

I packed up the grass is green

New York or Tennessee

Where I am is where I’ll be

God tell me 'bout your plans

And I’ll find a place to land

Surely there’d be a way

To move towards a brighter day

It’s been a long

It’s been a long, long

Been a long, long, long, long, lonely road

My, my, my, it’s been a long

Been a long, long

Been a long, long, long, long, lonely road

My, my, my, it’s been a long

Been a long, long

Long, long lonely road

One person’s path unpaved

Went towards the path that saved

These are the songs you sing

In the search for the grass that’s green

It’s been a long

Been a long, long, long, lonely road