Patty Griffin - Long Ride Home

[Verse 1]Long black limousineShiniest car I've ever seenThe back seat is nice and cleanShe rides as quiet as a dream[Verse 2]Someone dug a hole six long feet in the groundI said goodbye to you and I threw my roses downAin't nothing left at all in the end of being proudWith me riding in this car and you flying through them clouds[Verse 3]I've had some time to think about itAnd watch the sun sink like a stoneI've had some time to think about youOn the long ride home[Verse 4]One day I took your tiny handPut your finger in the wedding bandYour daddy gave a piece of landWe made ourselves the best of plans[Verse 5]Forty years go by with someone laying in your bedForty years of things you say you wish you'd never saidHow hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead?I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red[Verse 6]I've had some time to think about itAnd watch the sun sink like a stoneI've had some time to think about youOn the long ride home[Verse 7]Headlights searching down the drivewayThe house is dark as it can beI go inside and all is silentAnd seems as empty as the inside of me[Verse 8]I've had some time to think about itAnd watch the sun sink like a stoneI've had some time to think about youOn the longOn the longOn the longOn the long ride home