Long Year

Lyrics by：Todd Snider

Composed by：Todd Snider

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

I couldn't help but feel bad about

Just having to be there anyway

A friend of a friend from work came in

I never knew what to think of him

He'd always seemed to be so insincere to me

I'm 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

It's been a long long long year

It's been a long long long year

How did I get here

They were talkin' in a circle I was by myself

And everyone was tellin' everyone how they felt

It felt like so long since I was young

The circle kept movin' on the way to the back

While I was wonderin' what I was gonna say in fact

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

It's been a long long long year

It's been a long long long year

How did I get here

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

But a little later on that night at the bar

Well I was tellin' everyone 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

It's been a long long long year

It's been a long long long year

How did I get here