Lyrics - So Long Ago by Griffith Nanci

by
Nanci
Griffith
My daddy sent me on to
Baton
Rouge in 1969
He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mind
So you rode with us to
Temple,
Texas where
I did catch the train
And
I remember waving back at you from a silted window pane
Chorus:
And
I said fare thee well true love of mine
And
I said fare thee well sweet lips of wine
And you said fare thee well my texas rose
And then you blew a kiss of innocence as the trains began to roll
So long ago
You'd gone off to fight the war when
I returned from school
And
I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom
And
I married for my family; one night
I dreamed of you
And you were running from me in the rain down on
Congress
Avenue
Now
I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was
Christmas time
I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69
Because
I live my life in whispers now and
I choose to live alone
So
I slipped back to the avenue and flipped my collar to the cold

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