A Long Time Ago

I'm on loan, like a christmas tree Chop me down and dress me up What if I wind up in a gutter Or a garbage truck. Turn the clocks back to a memory Turn the memory to stone Skip that stone across the brandy wine And go back home There's a bird you named Who left your shoulder long ago There's a ball you threw It hit the ground a long time ago A long time ago, A long time ago Let me go... I woke up from a fairy tale Washing curtains in the sink Living ever after happily What would mother think? I say goodbye to you You and your mother too And when the train arrives When everybody cries I'll ride the winded air That blows your stormy hair And blows your cares away And waits for yesterday to say I'm coming Home I'm Coming Home... --- A Long Time Ago - Dr. Dog