How Long Songtext
von David Wilcox

I get carried along after midnight
In the sound of the train on the tracks
Where the rails run alongside the river
And the water can never come back
And the headlight is scanning the valley
And the valley runs south from town
And it wakes me where I have been sleeping
With my window shade pulled down
And if my window′s a mile from the river
And if the engine sounds deep and low

Then how long till I feel any closer
To what's rumbling in my soul?


How long?
How long?
How long?
Feeling it every day
How long?
How long?
How long?
It′s always a ways away
Always a ways away

How deep is the river that's flowing?
How strong is the pull downstream?
How far is the train engine going?
And how long have I had the same dream?
Is there something that moves like a river?
Is there something that pulls like a train?
Is there something that rumbles in darkness
And I don't even know it by name?

Is there some way to measure this distance?
Was it close to my heart all along?
What is this voice that keeps asking

How far?

How strong?


How long?
How long?
How long?
Feeling it every day
How long?
How long?
How long?
It′s always a ways away
Always a ways away

How long?
How long?
How long?
Feeling it every day
How long?
How long?
How long?
It′s always a ways away
Always a ways away
Always a ways away