If I could live my life again awakeThink of all the chances I could takeI'd love with all abandoned just the sameCause that's the gameIf I could cross a bridge from now to thenOpen up my chest and let it inI wouldn't fight so hard against the painI'd let it rainLong time girl gone byI couldn't take my loves the way they cameMy eyes projected each one with a stainAnd though they gave me more than I could spendI wouldn't bendHiding in my bridal veil of smokeI set my lies until I thought I'd chokeOnce there was nothing left that I could stealI had to healLong time girl gone byThe seconds whisper circles off the clockThe ships go sailing past and never dockThe sea rears up collapses and withdrawsThe constellations wheel and never pauseThe wind winds through the small bones in my earI start to hearThe trees look just as pretty when they're bareBlack branches hieroglyphic in the airThe leaves they left are rotted into laceIt's all graceLong time girl gone byLong time girl gone byLong time girl gone by