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A Long Road Home
AHow I long to C#mfeel the Dsalty Awind 
F#mOff Galveston C#mBay in my Dface once aEgain 
A F#mwarm southern C#mwind on my Dweather worn Askin 
F#mPerhaps I would not C#mfeel Bmso old E  
Now I long to hold the golden sand 
In the hollow of my hand 
Stand for a while there and fill in the hole 
Left in the heart of a wounded old soul 
AHere’s to toC#mmorrow, Dhere,s to toAday 
F#mHere’s to whatC#mever I Dnever did Esay 
F#mHere’s to old C#friends who have Dgone seperate Bmways 
AHere’s to the EmemorAies 
How I long to be in those East Texas woods 
I would be in those old piney woods if I could 
On a hot summer mornin' down Centerville Way 
With the windows rolled down in my old Chevrolet 
Just cruisin' the backroads with nothin' but time 
Three nickels short of having a dime 
Miles from the highway with no hill left to climb 
Me and the whisperin' pine 
Here’s to tomorrow, here,s to today 
Here’s to whatever I never did say 
Here’s to your love you are happy I pray 
Out on this long stretch of Interstate 10 
That ole Del Rio station just keeps rollin' right in 
Many the night it was my only friend 
Me and the radio 
The Silver Moon Cafe was once out this way 
Like Route 66 boys it too had its day 
And this rusty old sign here is all that remains 
My how the times have changed 
They tell me ole Bud Rose hocked his guitar 
Bought a ticket to Nashville to become a big star 
Now he works on a bottle and he lives in a car 
Do you still have your dreams 
You remember the old town here yesterday 
The walk from the Ryman to the Linebow Cafe 
We would stop in at Tootsies and Tubbs on the way 
And slowly head East down to First and Broadway 
Hey look at that ole river but how it just keeps rollin' 
If it was a clock I could stop I would try 
I would let it roll down on about '65 
Perhaps I would not feel so old 
Hoist all the sails Bud to hell with the breeze 
Prayed for a wind that will bend every tree 
And a storm that will bring every man to his knee 
Heres to the howlin' sea 
Here’s to tomorrow heres to today 
Here’s to whatever I never could say 
Here’s to the piper the bastards been paid 
Down on this long stretch of Interstate 10 
El Paso to Phoenix to L.A. and then it is north to northwest 
I just follow the wind 
And by midnight tonight I will be home in Springfield again

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A Long Road Home

by Mickey Newbury

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C#m

F#m

A Long Road Home

A C#m D A

How I long to feel the salty wind

F#m C#m D E

Off Galveston Bay in my face once again

F#m C#m D A

A warm southern wind on my weather worn skin

F#m C#m Bm E

Perhaps I would not feel so old

Now I long to hold the golden sand

In the hollow of my hand

Stand for a while there and fill in the hole

Left in the heart of a wounded old soul

A C#m D A

Here’s to tomorrow, here,s to today

F#m C#m D E

Here’s to whatever I never did say

F#m C# D Bm

Here’s to old friends who have gone seperate ways

A E A

Here’s to the memories

How I long to be in those East Texas woods

I would be in those old piney woods if I could

On a hot summer mornin' down Centerville Way

With the windows rolled down in my old Chevrolet

Just cruisin' the backroads with nothin' but time

Three nickels short of having a dime

Miles from the highway with no hill left to climb

Me and the whisperin' pine

Here’s to tomorrow, here,s to today

Here’s to whatever I never did say

Here’s to your love you are happy I pray

Out on this long stretch of Interstate 10

That ole Del Rio station just keeps rollin' right in

Many the night it was my only friend

Me and the radio

The Silver Moon Cafe was once out this way

Like Route 66 boys it too had its day

And this rusty old sign here is all that remains

My how the times have changed

They tell me ole Bud Rose hocked his guitar

Bought a ticket to Nashville to become a big star

Now he works on a bottle and he lives in a car

Do you still have your dreams

You remember the old town here yesterday

The walk from the Ryman to the Linebow Cafe

We would stop in at Tootsies and Tubbs on the way

And slowly head East down to First and Broadway

Hey look at that ole river but how it just keeps rollin'

If it was a clock I could stop I would try

I would let it roll down on about '65

Perhaps I would not feel so old

Hoist all the sails Bud to hell with the breeze

Prayed for a wind that will bend every tree

And a storm that will bring every man to his knee

Heres to the howlin' sea

Here’s to tomorrow heres to today

Here’s to whatever I never could say

Here’s to the piper the bastards been paid

Down on this long stretch of Interstate 10

El Paso to Phoenix to L.A. and then it is north to northwest

I just follow the wind

And by midnight tonight I will be home in Springfield again

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