Eleanor Friedberger - A Long Walk lyrics

In the fall I waited In the fall I was silent In the fall I had an answer But in spring I cried for you I'm through with the seasons And done with the sun And the huge uncertainties; Go eastward no one The bricks singled out When a building crumbles Oh everything is ruining February! We met up this morning And laced up our walking shoes First we fortified ourselves With coffee and some juice Weighing up the options We set out for the day We didn't take umbrellas ‘Cause they'd just get in the way It was almost nine o'clock I said we're going on a long, long, long, long walk And when you started talking I forgot that you get in the way I couldn't stop laughing And our shoulders ricocheted And all the local buskers We gave them all our notes We'd muddle through til dusk Then we'd huddle in our coats It was almost ten o'clock And we were going on a long, long, long, long walk And we didn't worry or hurry Or argue about which route to take I forgot how to cross the road But the drivers still know how to brake And you told your little story The one I've heard before As I looked at our reflection Windowshopping the department store Hey look it's eleven o'clock In the morning of our long, long, long, long, long walk In the fall I waited In the fall I was silent In the fall I had an answer But in spring I cried for you We improvised a silly song And it worked just like a charm I pulled you closer into me And we were walking arm in arm And no one noticed When we leaned against a tree You whispered a suggestion ‘Cause you knew that I'd agree It was almost three o'clock In the afternoon of our long, long, long, long walk We weren't paying attention And ended where we hadn't planned Then we found that just by chance We were walking hand in hand We didn't detach ourselves Or catch the perfect view But we kissed in front of strangers Like regular lovers do It was getting dark at five o'clock In the evening of our long, long, long, long walk I stopped to catch my breath And turning ‘round you're gone But there this: You know I'd bend to kiss The ground we walked upon And I was tired of walking So I took the bus back home We left my place together But I wrote this song alone It was only nine o'clock I said we're going on a long, long, long, long, long walk [Outro](x8) Long, long, long, long, long, long walk