E
It's been a long, long, long, long
DEB
Long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
EDEB
It's been a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
[Verse 1]
ED
When I was a kid, I used to draw airplanes, with stars and bars shooting down airplanes,
ED
adorned with hammers and sickles
ED
I bought a hundred water guns so I could save the world, saving my lunch money
ED
and stealing my father's quarters, dimes, and nickels
EDE
I discovered religion watching Luke Skywalker rescue Princess Leia and destroying the Death Star
D
by letting go and closing his eyes
ED
And I devoured comic books, Greek colored mythologies taught me right and wrong,
ED
and if you believe, you can fly
[Chorus]
E
It's been a long, long, long, long
DEB
Long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
EDEB
It's been a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
[Verse 2]
EDE
I remember listening to songs about trains and feeling the rush of wonder at the possibility that the world
B
was infinite and accessible all at the same time.
EDE
And then it was songs about highways and born to be wild and little red corvette and the road went on
B
forever in my mind
ED
But now it's clogged bumper to bumper with stinking SUVs and two-story pickup trucks that can drive
EB
over anything except the two-story pickup truck right in front of it
ED
Not even the highways look the same, Starbucks and 711s and Walmarts jam the feeder roads.
EB
We don't live around this mess, we live under it
[Chorus]
E
It's been a long, long, long, long
DEB
Long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
EDEB
It's been a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time (Since I felt fine)
[Verse 3]
EDE
Now all the songs are about gangsters and guns and the TV speeds by at 100 deaths an hour and
B
everyone wants to pull off the crime of the century
ED
Steal two hundred gazillion dollars, enough to buy myself an island and build a real honest-to-God
EB
train on it for no one but me
ED
And get away with it. Get away with it. We Americans are freedom-loving people
EB
and nothing says freedom like getting away with it
ED
We went from Billy the Kid to Richard Nixon, Enron, X-on, O.J. Simpson...
EB
We used to dream about heroes, but now it's just how to beat the system
EDE
So where to we go to dream now? Up on the roof of the projects, straining through the city lights to see
B
if they've built golden arches on the moon yet?
EDEB
Self-medicated, Half-sedated, trying our best to stay distracted, living life according to the TV set
EDE
Corporations owning nations, telling us "don't change the station, it's the only safe way to win the human
B
race."
EDE
I wonder how the world sees us, rich beyond compare, powerful without equal, a spoiled, drunk,
B
15-year-old waving a gun in their face
[Chorus]
E
It's been a long, long, long, long
DEB
Long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
EDEB
It's been a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
E
It's been a long, long, long, long
DEB
Long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time
EDEB
It's been a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, time (Since I felt fine)