In The Long Run Lyrics - Cowboy Junkies

She writes him a letter to see how he's doing 

She's stopped up for words on a pen she keeps chewing 

The light from the window flows through her graying hair 

The pen on the page is the proof that she still does care 

'cause in the long run the story's told 

And in the long run the young grow very, very old 

He sits in the park in the dark by his favourite tree 

His mind is all lost in a haze of how things used to be 

She carried him so far but then had to let him go 

He wanted one more chance at least to let her know 

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'cause in the long run the heat grows cold 

And in the long run the young grow very, very old 

He doesn't do much now, just sits by the window light 

His hair is so long and his unshaven face so white 

His heart feels a part of the breeze that is blowing outside 

His eyes now see magic around him at most times 

'cause in the long run the story's told 

And in the long run the young grow very, very old 

She walks in the morning, it's best before seven 

It's that time of day that seems closest to heaven 

She finds herself dancing and singing songs out loud 

Songs from her childhood suddenly come around 

'cause in the long run the farm gets sold 

And in the long run the young grow very, very old 

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He's ready to go now, he's done with his living 

He's gone where he's going, he gave what he's giving 

The thousand and one times, he (said? ) before dinner 

The thousand and two times, (their lives? ) growing thinner 

'cause in the long run the story's told 

And in the long run the young grow very, very old