Date: 9/24/98; 5:35:13 PM
From: kef1jac@kef10.med.navy.mil (Cochran, John A. LT)
Subject: So long ago
Submitted by: John Cochran
Sung by: Nanci Griffith
Written by: Nanci Griffith
Album: Little Love Affairs
e-mail: jacpac@mwr.is
So Long Ago
D A G
My daddy sent me off to Baton Rouge in 1969
D A G
He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mind
D A G
So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train
D A G
And I remember waving back at you from a silted window pane
CHORUS
D A G
And I said fare thee well true love of mine
D A G
And I said fare thee well sweet lips of wine
D A G
And you said fare thee well my Texas rose
D A G
And then you blew a kiss of innocence as the trains began to roll
D A G
So long ago
D A G
You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school
D A G
And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom
D A G
And I married for my family; one night I dreamed of you
D A G
And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue
CHORUS
D A G
Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time
D A G
I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69
D A G
Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live alone
D A G
So I slipped back to the Avenue and flipped my collar to the cold
CHORUS D A G
TAG: Where did we go
D A G
Back long ago
D A G/D
So Long Ago.
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