[csl]

These are the lyrics I remember. I can't find it on Google.

The chorus is:
"It's been a long long long long long long long long long long long long time"
Repeat.

And some other lyrics are about learning religion from star wars by learning how to let go and putting arches on the moon, and walmarts and spoiled 15 year old holding a gun. It's mostly a guy talking and then the chorus. Please help.

[RickJ]

That's Long, Long Time, by Guy Forsyth


Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
When I was a kid I used to draw airplanes with stars and bars shooting down airplanes adorned with hammers and sickles. I bought a hundred water guns so I could save the world, saving my lunch money, steeling my father’s quarters, dimes and nickels. I discovered religion watching Luke Skywalker rescue Princess Lea and destroying the death star by letting go and closing his eyes. And I devoured comic books, three color mythologies taught me right from wrong and if you believed you could fly.
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
I remember hearing songs about trains and feeling the rush of wonder that the world was both infinite and accessible all at the same time. Then is was songs about highways and born to be wild and little red corvette and the road went on forever in my mind. But not its clogged with stinking SUVs and two story pickup trucks that can climb over anything but the two story pickup truck right in front of it. Now even the Highways look the same, Starbucks and 7-11s and Wal-Mart’s line the feeder roads. We don’t live around this mess, we live under it.
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Since I felt fine
Now all the songs are about gangsters and guns and the TV speeds by at a hundred deaths an hour and everyone wants to pull off the crime of the century. Steal 200 gazillion dollars, enough to buy myself island and build a real honest to God train on it for no one but me. And get away with it, get away with it. We Americans are Freedom loving people and nothing says freedom like getting away with it. We went from Billy The Kid to Richard Nixon, Enron, Exxon, OJ Simpson. We used to dream about heroes but now its just how to beat the system. So where do we go to dream now? Up on the rooftop of the projects, straining through the city lights to see if they’ve built golden arches on the moon yet? Self medicated, half sedated, trying our best to stay distracted, living life according to the TV set. Corporations owning nations, telling us don’t change the station, it’s the only safe way to win the human race.
I wonder how the world sees us, rich beyond compare, power full without equal? A spoiled 15 year old waving a gun in their face?
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Its been a long, long , long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time
Since I felt fine

[sgermond]

Led zepplin sings it.