Well, I left my home searchin' for green grass   Headed for Pine Ridge and points beyond   But on the road I met an impasse   Every direction looked just like home      There is a road, there is a mountain   With many stops along the way   How many days? I am not counting   It's been a long, long time you've been away      Well, a flower grows in a deep dark canyon   Where the river wanders to leave the trail   And the night bird searches for her companion   Who sings of sunlight behind the veil      Everyone knows what makes the dove sing   And now I know you've gone to stay   How many nights? I am not counting   It's been a long, long time you've been away      Now, I walk alone down streets of silver   In the empty hollows wet with the dew   In the sudden stillness of a summer morning   In all my dreams I walk with you      There is a rose, there is a fountain   And I have found that lost highway   How many years? I have stopped counting   It's been a long, long time I've been away   It's been a long, long time I've been away