Well there's life and there's fate And dreams are dying; that's hard to take And blame's to be avoided by the wise And there's love and there's hate And miles and miles of Interstate Just sittin' there waitin' for the drive Like a long time comin' Like a long time comin' Like a long time comin' Long time Well there's smiles and there's tears And whiles to remember a hundred years And reasons for the things a heart requires And there's close and there's far Spinning planets and blinking stars Just watching every fool lose his heart's desire Like a long time comin' Like a long time comin' Like a long time comin' Long time And your bones are tired and you've lost your pride Put it all away and step into the light And let that train roll down its lonely way to the night And out of sight Well there's cold and there's hot And things that come just to stir the pot And words that ain't worth the time they take to say There is right and there's wrong And a drunk to write another song About that thing they had that got away Like a long time comin' Like a long time comin' Like a long time comin' Long time