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Artist: T-Bone Burnett
Canonical path: /burnett-t-bone/the-long-time-now
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The Long Time Now
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The Long Time Now
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I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for the long time now
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for the long time now
I can hear the footsteps
Following behind me, trying to find me
But when I turn around
I can't see where the path goes
Into the shadows
Into the shadows
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for the long time now
I can hear you breathing
Whispering in my ear there is nothing to fear
But when I turn around
As I see the trees bow
I only hear the wind blow
By mistake I felt alone
In my heart I've always known
You'd be there to bring me home
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for a long, long time
I've been waitin' for the long time now
I've been waitin' for the long time now
I've been waitin' for the long time now
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T-Bone Burnett performs "The Long Time Now", and this lyric page sits inside the T-Bone Burnett catalog on LyroVerse.
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