1968

There ain't a thing in the world can take me back like a dark haired girl in a Cadillac
On Main Street of an old forgotten town
And sunlight shines on fine white lines on weathered stores with open signs
But they may as well just close 'em down
And you looked like 1968, or was it '69
When I heard you caught a bullet, well I guess you're doing fine
And you speak of revolution like it's someplace that you've been
Well you've been a long time gone, good to see you my old friend
Now that sun has gone away, replaced instead by silver rays
Of moonlight falling on the avenue
And I would sleep if you could drive, I just can't keep my mind alive
And you've got nothing better else to do
And we've all been lookin' for you, like a hobo you walk in
How the mighty all have fallen, how the holy all have sinned
Is that the clattering of sabers or the cool September wind
Well you've been a long time gone, good to see you my old friend
And there's just two times of day like this you find this kind of blissfulness
The sun it sets and rises in the morn
And with shaking hands I rub my eyes, free of all my alibis
Just a-blinkin' like the day that I was born
And you looked like 1968, or was it '69
When I heard you caught a bullet, well I guess you're doing fine
And you speak of revolution like it's someplace that you've been
Well you've been a long time gone, good to see you my old friend
And when the rounds were filed that April, you were on the balcony
When 10,000 teardrops hit the ground in Memphis, Tennessee
You were a prideful rebel yell among a million marching men
And you've been a long time gone, good to see you my old friend
Yeah, you've been a long time gone, good to see you my old friend