So Long Ago(Album Version) - Nanci Griffith

So Long Ago (Album Version) - Nanci Griffith
Written by：Nanci Griff
My daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 1969
He said our love was like a forest fire
And he'd end it with a mind
So you rode with us to Temple
Texas where I did catch the train
And I remember waving back at you
From a silted window pane
And I said Fare thee well true love of mine
And I said Fare thee well sweet lips of wine
And you said Fare thee well my Texas rose
And then you blew a kiss of innocence
As the trains began to roll so long ago
You'd gone off to fight the war
When I returned from school
And I traded in my innocence
When the springtime came to bloom
And I married for my family
One night I dreamed of you
And you were running from me in the rain
Down on Congress Avenue
And I said Fare thee well true love of mine
And I said Fare thee well sweet lips of wine
And you said Fare thee well my Texas rose
And then you blew a kiss of innocence
As the trains began to roll so long ago
Now I saw you once in a crowded bar
And it was Christmas time
I was frightened by the thunder
Of our hearts in '69
Because I live my life in whispers now
And I choose to live alone
So I slipped back to the avenue
And flipped my collar to the cold
And I said Fare thee well true love of mine
And I said Fare thee well sweet lips of wine
And you said Fare thee well my Texas rose
And then you blew a kiss of innocence
As the trains began to roll so long ago
Where did we go
That long ago so long ago