Feb. 19, 19911 viewer11.1K views
Long Time Running Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Does your mother tell you things
Long, long when I'm gone?
Who you talking to?
Is she telling you I'm the one?
It's a grave mistake, and I'm wide awake
[Verse 2]
Drive in's rained out
Weatherman wet fingers the sky
He pokes it out, he pulls it in
He don't know why
It's the same mistake
[Chorus]
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
It's well worth the wait
[Verse 3]
We don't go anywhere
Just on trips
We haven't seen a thing
We still don't know where it is
It's a safe mistake
Does your mother tell you things
Long, long when I'm gone?
Who you talking to?
Is she telling you I'm the one?
It's a grave mistake, and I'm wide awake
[Verse 2]
Drive in's rained out
Weatherman wet fingers the sky
He pokes it out, he pulls it in
He don't know why
It's the same mistake
[Chorus]
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
It's well worth the wait
[Verse 3]
We don't go anywhere
Just on trips
We haven't seen a thing
We still don't know where it is
It's a safe mistake
[Chorus]
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
[Bridge]
Well, well, it's all the same mistake
Dead to rights and wide awake
I'll drop a caribou
I'll tell on you
I'll tell on you
I'll tell on you
[Verse 4]
You've got a boatload of nerve
But I would say you've been told
You work me against my friends and you'll get--
You'll get left out in the cold
It's the same mistake
[Chorus]
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
[Outro]
It's been a long, long, long time running
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
[Bridge]
Well, well, it's all the same mistake
Dead to rights and wide awake
I'll drop a caribou
I'll tell on you
I'll tell on you
I'll tell on you
[Verse 4]
You've got a boatload of nerve
But I would say you've been told
You work me against my friends and you'll get--
You'll get left out in the cold
It's the same mistake
[Chorus]
It's been a long time running
It's been a long time coming
[Outro]
It's been a long, long, long time running
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
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Released on February 19th 1991 on The Tragically Hip’s 3rd studio album “Road Apples”. The Slow melodic guitar chords played along with the soothing voice of lead singer Gord Downie made this an all time favourite among The Tragically Hip’s fans. This was solidified as such when re-released on the hips greatest hits album, “Yer Favourites” in 2005
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- 1.Little Bones
- 2.Twist My Arm
- 3.Cordelia
- 4.The Luxury
- 6.Long Time Running
- 9.Fight
- 10.On the Verge
- 11.Fiddler’s Green
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February 19, 1991
Long Time Running Live Performances
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