This Is Gonna Be a Long Year

Something's started and something's ended

It's the hearts that break if left unattended

I am not so easily offended

If it's broken then I guess it can't be mended

It's the wives that aim between the eyes

And then shoot to kill a wolf that cries again

But I'm okay with second prize this time

These are the days when the noise is hard to hear

These are the days when it all can disappear

And you know babe, it is the only thing that's clear

This is gonna be a long year

God knows it's not the only place to keep it

Hell, it's better than sitting around listening to someone tell us

That Jesus died but you know that Elvis

Is alive and well and living in a cheap hotel

It's the love that's lost and the fingers crossed

You know that nothing comes without a cost

But God it's hard to turn it off this time

These are the days when the noise is hard to hear

These are the days when it all can disappear

And you know babe, it is the only thing that's clear

This is gonna be a long year

It's the chump who says he'll always make it

It's the wounded who can says, no, he can take it

But am I smart enough to not mistake it

For the undermined that are overrated

It's the best of luck if you come unstuck

But you better be sure you wanna give it up

'Cause nobody here really gives a fuck this time

These are the days when the noise is hard to hear

These are the days when it all can disappear

And you know babe, it is the only thing that's clear

This is gonna be...

Yeah, this is gonna be a long year

This is gonna be a long year baby

For the hearts and souls with the holes and maybe

We can take a breath and we can wish them well

While we wait here for that mission bell

To bring and sing it out with open ears

And you can wash your skin with all the tears

And scream hallelujah till it's all you hear

Cause it's gonna be a long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long year

Oh, oh, this is gonna be a long

This is gonna be a long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long year

Long, long, long, long, long year