Come A Long Way - Indigo Girls

I’ve come a long way

I was a show on ice

Dazzling and brittle

But subject to the sun

And then one day

I went little by little

Back to the water

The place where I’d come from

And I went under

Like stones tied in a sack

And I got emptied

And started my way back

My name

It’s got your name on it

My shame

It’s got your name on it

My home

It’s got your name on it

Everything I own

And all my schemes drowned at the seams

Have left me fine in my own skin

I’ve come a long way

Just to begin

I’ve come a long way

Under the cover of darkness

Trusting a stranger

A boatman at the shore

The scourge of hope

The ugly face of danger

The keepers of the keys

Had me down on my knees

In front of the gilded doors

And in a world where every ax was poised to grind

To find my peace I only held up what was already mine

My name

It’s got your name on it

My shame

It’s got your name on it

My home

It’s got your name on it

Everything I own

And all my swords have turned to words that blow like poems in the wind

I’ve come a long way

I used to be twisted

When you called it an opiate

A simple way to cope

And yet I think you shouldn’t skip if you haven’t worn the shoes

They start out tight

And then they hurt your tired feet at night

But then they give a little day by day

And then before you know it

You look back and you’ve come a long way

It’s got your name on it

My shame

It’s got your name on it

My home

It’s got your name on it

Everything I own

You call my name

My name

You call my name

My shame

You call my name

My home

Everything I own

You call my name

If it’s got my name, it’s got your name on it

Everything I own has got your name on it

When I was trying to cross the river

You were at the river getting me across and now

Everything, everything I own

Has got your name on it

Oh everything

I’ve got your name on it