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    "Far Too LONG, Now"genre: Folk
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    Simple folk song in the guthrie-dylanesque tradition, about those whom the juggernaut of modern society leave to fend for themselves by the way side..."We been tryin' to BEgin...FAR Too LONG, Now...have we not?"
    CD: From Here To Jubilee   Label: KOLO
    Credits: Jesse, guitar & vocal

    Story Behind the Song
    Written during my only visit to Minneapolis, during the drought summer of 88..."We've been blowin' in the WIND, FAR TOO LONG, NOW..." I hardly had time to find a bench on the campus of the U of Minnesota, and begin writing this out...as if it had been floating there in the aether, and none of "Dinkytown's" more well-known singers had heard it...LOL!!!

    Lyrics
    I've been gamblin' with my life's blood
    It's the only currency I know
    I've been ramblin' through dust and mud
    Not so lonely, that I've lost my glow
    You know, the shine you see when you
    Look into your lover's eyes
    'Cause I've always had my thumb up
    Pointing out with my hand, oh
    I tossed three coins once
    And one stood on end
    In the sand by the road
    I found myself, the way truth discovers lies

    (Chorus)
    We've been blowin' in the wind, far too
    long, now
    We've been tryin' to begin, far too long now
    Have we not? Tell me, what have we got
    To show for our labor?
    Tell me, tell me, tell me
    What have we got to show to our neighbor?
    You know, the folks next door...


    If you're trying to get ahead
    You'll have no need of my advice, no
    If you're dying from all you dread
    No laughs, no religions of rice
    No literally interpretted book
    Will revive your dead soul
    Or even give you a map
    To the heart of lost Eden land, oh
    'Cause the secret is right here
    It's like a dusty hiway tramp
    With his pack and his long
    Time rambler's bed-roll

    We've been blowin' in the wind...

    When you're driving along the road
    You get a quick glimpse of my eyes, oh
    If you're striving to reach your goal
    Too fast, no second look will revise
    No sudden judgment would reveal
    What's underneath hitch-hiker's clothes
    I know full well you've got to be guarded
    I understand, oh, but there's a paradise
    Deep down below the grit and grime of
    misfortune
    And when we give it room, it sure grows
    Yes, there's a paradise deep down below
    The grit and grime of misfortune
    And when we give it room, you know it grows

    We've been blowin' in the wind, far too long, now
    We've been tryin' to begin, far too long now
    Have we not? tell me, what have we got
    To show for our labor?
    Tell me, tell me, tell me
    What have we got
    To show to our neighbor?
    You know, the folks next door

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