thirty years of tears

is this a place i can rest my poor head

to gather my thoughts in sweet silence

is this a place where the feelings aren't dead

from an overexposure to violence

and is this a place i can slowly face

the only one i truly can know

these are tears from a long time ago

i got these tears from a long time ago

i need to cry 30 years or so

these are tears from a long time ago

oh darling

oh darling

say unto me

where have you been all my lifetime

well i have been swimmin' the seven sad seas

fair women have thrown me their lifelines

and i just pulled them on to the water's dark grin

i'd have warned 'em but i didn't know

these are tears from a long time ago

i've got these tears from a long time ago

i need to cry 30 years or so

these are tears from a long time ago

well

i've cried me a river

i've cried me a lake

i've cried till the past nearly drowned me

tears for sad consequences

tears for mistakes

but never these tears that surround me

alone in this place with a lifetime to trace

and a heartbeat that tells me it's so

i've got these tears from a long time ago

these are tears from a long time ago

and i need to cry 30 years or so

these are tears from a long time ago

these are tears from a long time ago

i've got these tears from a long time ago