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Artist: The Pretty Things
Canonical path: /the-pretty-things/it-s-been-so-long
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It's Been So Long
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It's Been So Long
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I went down to the muddy river
Where the blind fish do swim.
I saw the face on the drowning moon
And I nearly jumped in.
Sad sirens on the water
They call to me through the night.
They sing of you, their song is blue,
And so is the pain.
It s been so long.
Oh lord, wont you help me,
Now Im in such distress,
My song is blue, and so are you,
Thats why Im in such a mess.
It s been so long.
Out in the moonlight,
Beside macadam highway,
You put out your thumb, maggie baby
You sure went a long way.
The neon angel passed you by,
He said old river seemed to sigh,
Separated, from you past,
We sometimes die.
It s been so long
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