Valente Torrez - Long Way Home lyrics

[Verse 1] It's a long way home He couldn't see too well His left eye was shot out in the war And the other one was getting so tired of watching all of the time It's hard enough keep awake and alive on this cold day [Verse 2] As far as he knows It's gonna take four days For the man to catch up with the mile And there's nothing that could ever be smiling Quite like d**h at the door He never thought that he would be poor like that again [Chorus 1] Oooh He had a day dream And a real need for a cigarette Oooh The birds are falling And it will dark soon So he told his boots to carry on [Verse 3] On a granite stone He didn't sleep too well He had her name at the edge of his tongue He made love to this memory It stung him in the dark [Verse 4] Morning came and it ate his heart And the sun shot holes in his mind Oh but the thunder of the river behind him It brought him up to his knees And he prayed hard enough to say please Against his odds [Chorus 2] Oooh He had a day dream And a real need for a cigarette Oooh The moon is calling And it will be dark soon So he told his boots to carry on