1968

One, two, three

There ain't a thing in the world to take me back

Like a dark-haired girl in a Cadillac

On main street of an old forgotten town

And sunlight shines in fine white lines

On weathered store with open signs

They may as well just close 'em down

And you look like 1968

Or was it '69?

When I heard you caught a bullet

Well, I guess you're doing fine

And you speak of revolution

Like it's some place that you've been

Well you've been a long time gone

Good to see you, my old friend

Oh, now that sun is gone away

Replace instead by silver rays

Of moonlight falling on the Avenue

Oh, and I could sleep if you would drive

I just can't keep my mind alive

And you've got nothin' better else to do

And we've all been lookin' for you

Like a hobo you walk in

Oh how the mighty all have fallen!

How the holy all have sinned!

Is that the clattering of sabers

Or the cool September wind?

Well, you've been a long time gone

Good to see you, my old friend

And there's just two times of day like this

You find this kind of blissfulness

The sun, it sets and rises in the morn'

And we're shakin' hands, I rub my eyes

Free of all my alibis

Just a-blinking like the day that I was born

And you look like 1968

Or was it '69?

When I heard you caught a bullet

Well, I guess you're doing fine

And you speak of revolution

Like it's some place that you've been

Well you've been a long time gone

Good to see you, my old friend

And when the rounds were fired that April

You were on the balcony

When ten thousands teardrops a-hit the ground

In Memphis, Tennessee

You were a prideful rebel yell

Among a million marching men

And you've been a long time gone

Good to see you, my old friend

Well, you've been a long time gone