Long Time Comin'

(album: Devils & Dust - 2005)

Out where the creek turn shallow and sandy
And the moon comes skimming away the stars
When the mesquite comes rushing over the hilltops
Straight into my arms
Straight into my arms

I'm riding hard carrying a cache of roses
A fresh map that I made
Now I'm gonna get birth naked and bury my old soul
And dance on it's grave
And dance on it's grave

It's been a long time coming, my dear
It's been a long time coming, but now it's here
And now it's here

Well my daddy he was just a stranger
Lived in a hotel downtown
Well when I was a kid he was just somebody
Somebody I'd see around
Somebody I'd see around

Well now down below and pulling on my shirt
Yeah I got some kids of my own
Well if I had one wish for you in this god forsaken world, kid
It'd be that your mistakes will be your own
That your sins will be your own

It's been a long time coming, my dear
It's been a long time coming, but now it's here
And now it's here

(Whoaaa)

Out 'neath the arms of Cassiopeia*
Where the sword of Orion sweeps
It's me and you, Rosie, crackling like crossed wires
And you breathing in your sleep
And you breathing in your sleep

Well there's just a spark of a campfire left burning
Two kids in a sleeping bag beside
Reach 'neath your shirt, put my hands across your belly and feel
Another one kicking inside
And I ain't gonna fuck it up this time

It's been a long time coming, my dear
It's been a long time coming, but now it's here
It's been a long time coming, my dear
It's been a long time coming, but now it's here

(Whoaaa)