Feel like I been workin' for a thousand years
 Chippin' away at this chain of my own lies
 Climbin' a wall a hundred miles high

 Well I woke up this morning on the other side
 Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
 Hey yeah this is the long goodbye

 Same old faces it's  the same old town
 What once was laughs is draggin' me now
 Waitin' on rain hangin' on for love
 Words of forgiveness from some God above
 Ain't no words of mercy comin' from on high
 yeah yeah just one long goodbye

 Well I went to leave twenty years ago
 Since then I guess I been packin' kinda slow
 Sure did like that admirin' touch
 Guess I liked it a little too much

 The moon is high and here I am
 Sittin' here with this hammer in my hand
 One more drink oughta ease the pain
 Starin' at that last link in the chain
 Well let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly
 hey yeah this is the long goodbye
 Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
 Kiss me baby and we're gonna fly
 Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
 Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
 Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
 Kiss me baby 'cause we're gonna ride
 Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye