Been Up So Long - Joe Purdy

Yea, you walk with the sun on your back

With you’re clothes soaking through

On a handle of a suitcase that’s broken in two

And a curled (or curdled) cigarette

That you lit, when you threw the captain

Yea and he saw you running

But he wouldn’t stop the rain

'cause he knew the perfect pictures

Were lying underneath the train

Yea and he ain’t your hero

Yea but why should you care?

'cause her memory stills lingers there

And her memory still lingers there

And I’ve been up so long

And I’ve been up so long

And I’ve been up so long that I don’t think that I could get down

No, I don’t think that I could get down

Yeah and Valentine woke me with a coffee and soup (?)

And her long black stockings

And her brown leather boots

And that pen, she writes all the words on the sides of the pages

Got drowned in the flood

Yea and I asked if she would dance

Down to the station with me

But she couldn’t hear the question

From all the music in the street

And I would have asked her again

Yea but I knew she’d be thinking of him

Yea and I knew she’d be thinking of him

And I’ve been up so long

I’ve been up so long

I’ve been up so long that I don’t think that I could get down

No, I don’t think that I could get down

Oh and all of the players

Snow White, in the show

And the broken beer bottles and my old ragged clothes

That I wore last night, yes and the night before

But I just don’t care

No I just don’t care anymore

And there ain’t no use in pretending

That you like me if you don’t

Because I don’t like you

And I can promise that I won’t

Ever believe a word that you say

'cause you’re a liar, and a phony, and a fake!

No, you’re a liar, and a phony, and a fake!

And I’ve been up so long

And I’ve been up so long

And I’ve been up so long that I don’t think that I could get down

No, I don’t think that I could get down

No, I don’t think that I could get down, down

No, I don’t think that I could get down, down

No, I don’t think that I could get down, down

And I don’t think that I could get down