So Long Ago

#Written by: Nanci Griffith # # D A G My daddy sent me off to Baton Rouge in 1969 D A G He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mind D A G So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train D A G And I remember waving back at you from a silted window pane CHORUS D A G And I said fare thee well true love of mine D A G And I said fare thee well sweet lips of wine D A G And you said fare thee well my Texas rose D A G And then you blew a kiss of innocence as the trains began to roll D AG So long ago D A G You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school D A G And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom D A G And I married for my family; one night I dreamed of you D A G And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue CHORUS D A G Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time D A G I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69 D A G Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live alone D A G So I slipped back to the Avenue and flipped my collar to the cold CHORUS D A G TAG: Where did we go DAG Back long ago G/D So Long Ago.