So Long Ago Lyrics - Griffith Nanci

by Nanci Griffith 

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 

Chorus: 

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 in 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 

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