My soul went walkin' but I stayed here   Feel like I been workin' for a thousand years   Chippin' away at this chain of my own lies   Climbin' a wall a hundred thousand miles high   Well I woke up this morning on the other side   Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye   Hey yeah this is the long goodbye      Same old faces it's the same old town   What once was laughs is draggin' me now   Wailin' on rain hangin' on for love   Words of forgiveness from some God above   Ain't no words of mercy comin' from on high   Oh no just a long goodbye   Yeah yeah just one long goodbye      Well I went to leave twenty years ago   Since then I guess I been packin' kinda slow   Sure did like that admirin' touch   Guess I like'd it a little too much      The moon is high and here I am   Sittin' here with this hammer in hand   One more drink oughta ease the pain   Starin' at that last link in the chain   Well let's raise our glass and let this hammer fly   Hey yeah this is the long goodbye   Hey yeah this is the long goodbye   Kiss me baby and we're gonna fly   Hey yeah this is the long goodbye   Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye   Hey yeah this is the long goodbye   Kiss me baby 'cause we're gonna ride   Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye