[Verse]
Nineteen at the bar
With a nylon-string guitar
And ten friends in the crowd
Two drink tickets down
Speeding off on a bike
In the middle of the night
Invincible feeling
Jagged lines on the ceiling
Paint job in my room
Someone should've said
'That kid needs a vacuum'
But it sure as hell wasn't you
You were putting up a curtain
In my moldy bathroom
Bringing a pizza by
Telling two truths, one lie
I really wanted to believe ya
I really wanted to see ya
[Verse]
Friday staying out
Lying on Destiny's couch
Throwing down about love
Burned copy of The Best Of...
Early to the fall
Playing POP Montreal
I wanted to make it a good one
I wanted to make it count
I was still having fun
Worshipped my idols and wanted to be one
We were all listening to Neil Young
You said your favourite record was Zuma
I always took you and your sense of humour
To end with your hand in mine
To end with our love in mine
It was our love
[Bridge]
And coming out of it unscathed was impossible
I changed, wasn't mystified in the same ways anymore
[Chorus]
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
When you're learning the hard way
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
When you're learning the hard way
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
[Verse]
Greyhounds and trains, memorizing people's names
Sleeping where there was a bed or a couch
And when I was home riding my green bike past your house
When your car was loaded in the driveway and you were pulling out
I always expected you to go
But I didn't think you'd call me from L'Île-Perrot
Barely out of town when you stopped and phoned
You said you wouldn't turn around but it was hard to go
We moved too fast when it could have been slow
Got too high, cue the crushing low
Now I've been everywhere, I'm Hank Snow
I could have let it die, I guess I never grow
[Chorus]
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
When you're learning the hard way
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
When you're learning the hard way
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
It's a long long game to play
(long long game)
[Outro]
More doing, less trying
(long long game)
More truth, less lying
(long long game)
More breathing, less sighing
(long long game)
More fun, less crying
(long long game)
More doing, less trying
(long long game)
More truth, less lying
(long long game)
More breathing, less sighing
(long long game)
More living, less dying
