Long Time Coming

Just a boy of seventeen

Left school to chase a dream

Hard times – the mills closed down

No one working in old steel town

So he practiced 'til his fingers bled

It might be a long time – a long time coming

Joined a band to pay his dues

Playing hard the three river blues

Iron city house rocking making the scene

One way out is his rock 'n roll dream

Played all night 'til he was half dead

It might be a long time . . .

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Still playing the same old town

Lots of new faces coming around

The years roll by and they all know

The boy's still making that big blue sound

Holding on to that dream

Even though it's a long time

It's a long time, a long time coming

Gonna be a long time, a long time coming