The Long Road - Eddie Vedder

And I wished for so long, cannot stay All the precious moments, I cannot stay It's not like wings have fallen, I cannot stay But without you something's missing, cannot say Holding hands of daughters and sons And their faiths are falling down, down, down, down I have wished for so long How I wish for you today Will I walk the long road? Cannot stay There's no need to say goodbye All the friends and family All the memories going round, round, round, round I have wished for so long How I wish for you today And the wind are rollin' And the sky keeps turning grey And the sun is set The sun will rise another day I have wished for so long How I wish for you today I have wished for so long How I wish for you today Will I walk the long road? (We all walk the long road) We all walk the long road (We all walk the long road) We all walk the long road (We all walk the long road) We all walk the long road (We all walk the long road)

You've walked the long road and you've worn it well You stitched yourself up when you fell Keep your memories in jars, Carry secrets in scars Beneath your shell You've seen some good days and some bad ones too. You weave through fashion and trend. You've seen a sun rise on an ocean blue, You've seen it set for the dearest of friends You found faith but you chose to doubt it You found love but you left without it And now you don't want to talk about it You travelled down through foreign lands Touched mountain tops and golden sand Seen pyramids and temples made of stone Keep seashells in a cashmere scarf A treasured book of photographs In every single one you stand alone You've seen Vienna and the Berlin wall As you watched the decades fall The letters that you wrote never made it home Your birthdays flew past like June With Christmas days in hotel rooms And new years eve with people you don't know You built friendships but they sailed without you You never meant it and that's why they doubt you Now they don't ever talk about you Now you're older than you used to be The mirror weaves a tapestry Of lines that dance and shimmer 'round your eyes As you stare back at a man, forever holding out his hand As if the answer's going to fall out of the sky But the penny never dropped And no man has ever stopped time flying by

Nothing better to do than think The idle mind's the devil's workshop So why ya trying to blame me for your Insecurity The verdict is in you see And both of us know who's guilty I let you get over the last time You do it again it's shame on me Do it again, it's a shame on me Do it again, it's shame on me I let you get over the last time You do it again It's shame on me You do it again It's shame on me You do it again It's shame on me I let you get over the last time You do it again it's shame on me If I let you do it Do it, do it, do it Only do it girl, do it Oh it's a shame on me If I let you do it Do it, do it, do it, do it It's a shame on me Nothing better to do than think The idle mind's the devil's workshop So why ya trying to blame me for your Insecurity The verdict is in you see And both of us know who's guilty I let you get over the last time You do it again it's shame on me You do it again it's shame on me You do it again it's shame on me I let you get over the last time You do it again it's shame on me You do it again shame, shame, shame If I let you do it Do it do it do it, do it It's a shame on me If I let you do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it It's shame on me It's shame on me If I let you do it to me It's shame on me If I let you do it to me It's the shame on me If I let you do it to me It's the shame on me If I let you do it to me It's shame on me If I let you do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it It's shame on me If I let you do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it It's shame on me If I let you do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it It's shame on me It's shame on me It's shame on me It's shame on me It's shame on me It's shame on me It's shame on me (And if I let you do it again) It's shame on me It's shame on me It's shame on me

One, two, three, four A picture tells a thousand words, some of them were mine Combing through the evidence, afraid of what we'll find The sun could lift us up, should this thunder ever stop There's no over, there's no under, there's no shame Picture of love, we were a picture of love The measure of our years, so deep and wide Picture of hope, we were a picture of hope Standing close together, side by side (yeah) If we let the darkness of these times break us Oh-ho-ho, that would truly be the crime Did I cause the sadness in your eyes? Oh, allow me, please, to ease your troubled mind Picture of love, we were a picture of love The measure of our years, so deep and wide Picture of hope, we were a picture of hope Standing close together, side by side Strangers, they walk past with eyes of one-way glass Thinkin' what's hidden will someday pass Somewhere down below, the will to not let go Our hearts fit together 'cause they're broken, whoa-oh Picture of love, we were a picture of love The measure of our years, so deep and wide Picture of hope, we were a picture of hope Standing close together, side by side, yeah Picture of love, we were a picture of love The measure of our years, so deep and wide Picture of hope, we were a picture of hope Standing close together, side by side Yeah