My daddy sent me off to Baton Rouge in nineteen-sixty-nine
He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with the miles
So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train
I remember waving back at you through a silted window pane
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I said, "Fare thee well true love of mine."
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 train began to roll
So long ago
You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school
I traded in my innocence when the springtime came to bloom
I married for my family one night I dreamed of you
And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue
Chorus
I saw you once in a crowded bar it was Christmas time
I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in sixty-nine
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
Chorus
Where did we go?
That long ago?
So long ago
(Nanci Griffith) My daddy sent me off to Baton Rouge in nineteen-sixty-nine He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with the miles So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train I remember waving back at you through a silted window pane Chorus I said, "Fare thee well true love of mine." 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 train began to roll So long ago You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school I traded in my innocence when the springtime came to bloom I married for my family one night I dreamed of you And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue Chorus I saw you once in a crowded bar it was Christmas time I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in sixty-nine 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 Chorus Where did we go? That long ago? So long ago Explain Request ×
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