Todd Snider - Long Year lyrics

Snider I came in off a dead end street Walked in slow and took a back row seat I knew I had nothing new to say. So many people looked so burned out I couldn't help feeling bad About just having to be there anyway. A friend of a friend from work came in I never had known what to make of him He'd always seemed to be so insincere to me. You know I've always been afraid of a 12 step crowd They laugh too much and talk too loud Like they all know where everyone should be. It's been a long long long year It's been a long long long year How did I get here? They were talking in a circle, I was by myself Everyone was telling everyone how they felt It felt like so long since I'd been young. As the circle kept moving its way to the back I was wondering what I was gonna say in fact I still didn't know as it rolled off my tongue. It's been a long long long year It's been a long long long year How did I get here? I didn't say a word all the way to my car But a little later on that night at the bar I was telling everybody how strange my day had been. They said: 'Brother, all you need is another shot' So I threw one down and said thanks a lot As I thought to myself well here we go again. It's been a long long long year It's been a long long long year How did I get here?