It's Been a Long Time - Melissa Ferrick

It’s been a long time

Since I opened the window

Next to my bed

Since I spent the whole day

Just feelin' the sun shift on my head

Since I’ve dug my feet in

Into the edge of this continent

It’s been a long, long time

It’s been a long time

Home is not just where I am anymore

I know how to get there

And it’s where I wanna be

It’s where the river kisses the ocean

Where I feel small

I feel blessed

And I feel like me

It’s been a long, long time

And I can’t remember

When all this runnin' started

But it took about eight years

For something in me to slip

I gave all I could give

But then I just kept givin'

'Til I woke up one day to find

My body had up and left

My body, well she up and left

Been a long, long time

It’s been a long time

Home is not just where I am anymore

I know how to get there

It’s where I wanna be

It’s where the river kisses the ocean

Where I feel small

I feel blessed

And I feel like me

Been a long, long time

It’s been a long time

A long, long time

'Cause I ain’t no good to you sober

If I just medicate my life

So I’m askin' for some help here

Would you help me get level?

To help me to get right

Been a long time

It’s been a long, long time

It’s been a long time