Darling, how long, how long will I last? Oh, darling how long, how long will I last? Ain't got no future, I ain't got no past This people just continue to stare and glare This people just continue to stare and glare Now I know they're smiling, that don't make them my fans Nobody want me around Time to be leaving this headed-up town All I got's my past, how long will I last? People only say what you want to hear these days People only say what you want to hear these days Now you ain't got to put up with them, people got wicked, wicked way Nobody want me around Think I'll be leaving this headed-up town All I got's my past, how long will I last? How long will I last? How long will I last?

I dug a single seed into the ground I hope it grows, grows In a year or two if you're around you'll see a rose, rose Pack me up and keep me hidden somewhere that you can find me On this train to Paris going nowhere Draw the bridge behind me Don't be gone too long (too long) 'Cause you won't be there to love me when you're gone Don't be gone too long (too long) Tell me who's gonna love me when you're gone (Ooh, yeah, ooh) When you're, when you're gone (Ooh, yeah, ooh) When you're gone Golden leaves are dancing on the ground It's getting cold, cold Safe from time, we'll be forever young Never old, old See a ball of fire out in space Zooming up behind me All the wonder written on your face Was there inside me Don't be gone too long (too long) 'Cause you won't be there to love me when you're gone Don't be gone too long (too long) Tell me who's gonna love me when you're gone (Ohh) When you're, when you're gone (Ohhh) When you're gone Bring it back to me, bring it back to me Is it really over? Bring it back to me, bring it back to me Is it over? Bring it back to me, bring it back to me (yeah) Is it really over? Bring it back to me, bring it back to me (Hooo) Don't be gone too long (is it really over) 'Cause you won't be there to love me when you're gone Don't be gone too long (is it really over) Tell me who's gonna love me when you're gone Don't be gone too long (don't be gone too long) 'Cause you won't be there to love me when you're gone (when it's over) Don't be gone too long (is it really over) Tell me who's gonna love me when you're gone

I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon' come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die 'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon' come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go down town Somebody keep telling me don't hang around It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon' come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say, Brother, help me please But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees There been times that I thought, I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon' come, oh yes it will Say I know that a chance is gonna come one day I know change gonna come I know, I know, I know Still I know a change gonna come Yes it'll Yes it'll Yes it'll