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by Patty Griffin


Long Black Limousine

Shiniest car I've ever seen

The back seat is nice and clean

She rides as quiet as a dream
                                       
Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
                                         
I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down
                                           
Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
                               
With me riding this car, and you flying through the clouds
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I've had some time to think about it
                             
And watch the sun sink like a stone
                            
I've had some time to think about you
                
On the long ride home
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One day I took your tiny hand

Put your finger in the wedding band

Your daddy gave a piece of land

We laid ourselves the best of plans
                                            
Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed
                                                 
Forty years of things you say you wish you'd never said
                                                    
How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead
                             
I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red
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I've had some time to think about it
                             
And watch the sun sink like a stone
                            
I've had some time to think about you
                
On the long ride home
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Headlights searching down the driveway
                           
The house is dark as it can be
                      
I go inside and all is silent
             
And seems as empty as the inside of me
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I've had some time to think about it
                             
And watch the sun sink like a stone
                            
I've had some time to think about you
                
On the long ride home
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On that long
       
On the long
       
On the lo--ng
                
On the long ride home