Far TOO Long, NOWI've been gamblin' with my life's blood It's the only currency I know I've been ramblin' through dust and mud Not so lonely, that I've lost my glow You know, the shine you see when you Look into your lover's eyes 'Cause I've always had my thumb up Pointing out with my hand, oh I tossed three coins once And one stood on end In the sand by the road I found myself, the way truth discovers lies We've been blowin' in the wind, far too long, now We've been tryin' to begin, far too long now Have we not? tell me, what have we got To show for our labor? Tell me, tell me, tell me What have we got To show to our neighbor? You know, the folks next door If you're trying to get ahead You'll have no need of my advice, no If you're dying from all you dread No laughs, no religions of rice No literally interpretted book will revive your dead soul Or even give you a map To the heart of lost Eden land, oh 'Cause the secret is right here It's like a dusty hiway tramp With his pack and his long Time rambler's bed-roll We've been blowin' in the wind, far too long, now We've been tryin' to begin, far too long now Have we not? tell me, what have we got To show for our labor? Tell me, tell me, tell me What have we got To show to our neighbor? You know, the folks next door When you're driving along the road You get a quick glimpse of my eyes, oh If you're striving to reach your goal Too fast, no second look will revise No sudden judgment would reveal What's underneath hitchhiker's clothes I know full well you've got to be guarded I understand, oh, but there's a paradise Deep down below the grit and grime of misfortune And when we give it room, it sure grows Yes, there's a paradise deep down below The grit and grime of misfortune And when we give it room, you know it grows We've been blowin' in the wind, far too long, now We've been tryin' to begin, far too long now Have we not? tell me, what have we got To show for our labor? Tell me, tell me, tell me What have we got To show to our neighbor? You know, the folks next door. |