Long Year

I woke up too early one morning late last fall I couldn't hear you breathing Couldn't feel you on my arms And Lord, the room was freezing With the window open wide I spent the next month sleeping all alone and on your side It's been a long year, and some dark, dark nights Since you threw your lasso 'round the moon and rode it out of sight Yeah, I could see where you were headed, so I tried to rope the sun But he just burned my lasso up and said "Boy, you gotta let love run" It's been a long year It's been a long year I used to think your daddy's love advice was right And he said, "Boy, keep moving, you'll forget here face with time" But he couldn't have been wronger If wronger was a word Cause your memory's stronger than the best advice I've heard It's been a long year, and some dark, dark nights Since you threw your lasso 'round the moon and rode it out of sight Yeah, I could see where you were headed, so I tried to rope the sun But he just burned my lasso up and said "Boy, you gotta let love run" It's been a long year It's been a long year And every shooting star that I see I can't help but wonder if you're driving Maybe you're up in the Sea of Tranquility Waiting on me to be what you need So you can come back down and try it It's been a long year It's been a long year, yeah It's been a long year, and some dark, dark nights Since you threw your lasso 'round the moon and rode it out of sight Yeah, I could see where you were headed, so I tried to rope the sun But he just burned my lasso up and said "Boy, you gotta let love run" It's been a long year It's been a long year