Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - However Long lyrics
[Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - However Long lyrics]
See the man with the military mind
Trying to make us all afraid all the time
Trying to make us all stay inside
And lock our doors and windows
See the man's got too much to count
Try to recollect the sermon on the mount
Blessed are the poor when they're
All swinging from the gallows
I ain't afraid no more
However long the night
The dawn will break again
We'll be around when you have
Lost your oldest friends
There's nothing you can say or do to
Us to drown out this amen
'cause however long the night
The dawn will break again
See the poet with nothing left to say
Staring down at blank pages all day
Let the alcohol take you away and
Sleep the way the fools do
See the beast with the gasoline hand
Breathing fire, drawing lines in the sand
Pray we find ourselves a better plan or
Die the way we used to
I ain't afraid no more
However long the night
The dawn will break again
We'll be around when they have
Found your next of kin
There's nothing you can do or say to
Us to drown out this amen
'cause however long the night
The dawn will break again
See the woman with the roses in her hair
Bring me lovin' when it's too much bear
Tell me I can make a difference this time
All I gotta do is make it all rhyme
However long the night
The dawn will break again
We'll be around when they have
Found your next of kin
There's nothing you can do or say to
Us to drown out this amen
'cause however long the night
The dawn will break again
Trying to make us all afraid all the time
Trying to make us all stay inside
And lock our doors and windows
See the man's got too much to count
Try to recollect the sermon on the mount
Blessed are the poor when they're
All swinging from the gallows
I ain't afraid no more
However long the night
The dawn will break again
We'll be around when you have
Lost your oldest friends
There's nothing you can say or do to
Us to drown out this amen
'cause however long the night
The dawn will break again
See the poet with nothing left to say
Staring down at blank pages all day
Let the alcohol take you away and
Sleep the way the fools do
See the beast with the gasoline hand
Breathing fire, drawing lines in the sand
Pray we find ourselves a better plan or
Die the way we used to
I ain't afraid no more
However long the night
The dawn will break again
We'll be around when they have
Found your next of kin
There's nothing you can do or say to
Us to drown out this amen
'cause however long the night
The dawn will break again
See the woman with the roses in her hair
Bring me lovin' when it's too much bear
Tell me I can make a difference this time
All I gotta do is make it all rhyme
However long the night
The dawn will break again
We'll be around when they have
Found your next of kin
There's nothing you can do or say to
Us to drown out this amen
'cause however long the night
The dawn will break again