Long Year

[Verse 1]

Well I came in off a dead-end street

I walked in slow and took a back row seat

I knew I had nothing new to say

So many people looked [so burned out/sober now?]

I couldn't help but feel bad about

Just having to be there anyway

[Verse 2]

A friend of a friend from work came in

I never knew what to make of him

He had always seemed to be so insincere to me

I've always been afraid of the 12-Step crowd

'Cause they laugh too much and they talk too loud

Like they all know where everyone should be

[Chorus]

It's been a long, long long year

It's been a long, long long year

How did I get here?

[Verse 3]

They was talkin' in a circle, I was by myself

And everyone was tellin' everyone how they felt

And it felt like so long since I was young

The circle kept movin' all way to the back

I was wonderin' what I was gonna say in fact

I still didn't know as it rolled off my tongue

[Chorus]

It's been a long, long long year

It's been a long, long long year

How did I get here?

[Verse 4]

So I didn't say a word all the way to the car

A little later on that night at the bar

Well, I was tellin' everybody how bad my life had gone

They said, "Brother, all you need is another shot"

So I threw one down and said "Thanks a lot"

As I thought to myself, "Here we go again"

[Chorus]

It's been a long, long long year

It's been a long, long long year

How did I get here?