Nanci Griffith - So Long Ago lyrics

My daddy sent me off to
Baton Rouge in nineteen-sixty-nine
He said our love was like a forest fire
And he'd end it with the miles
So you rode with us to Temple
Texas where I did catch the train
I remember waving back at you
Through a silted window pane

I said, "Fare thee well true love of mine"
I said, "Fare thee well, sweet lips of wine"
And you said, "Fare thee well my Texas rose"
And then you blew a kiss of innocence
As the train began to roll so long ago

You'd gone off to fight the war
When I returned from school
I traded in my innocence when
The springtime came to bloom
I married for my family one
Night I dreamed of you
And you were running from me in
The rain down on Congress Avenue

I said, "Fare thee well true love of mine"
I said, "Fare thee well, sweet lips of wine"
And you said, "Fare thee well my Texas rose"
And then you blew a kiss of innocence
As the train began to roll so long ago

I saw you once in a crowded
Bar it was Christmas time
I was frightened by the thunder
Of our hearts in sixty-nine
Because I live my life in whispers now
And I choose to live alone
So I slipped back to the Avenue and
Flipped my collar to the cold

I said, "Fare thee well true love of mine"
I said, "Fare thee well, sweet lips of wine"
And you said, "Fare thee well my Texas rose"
And then you blew a kiss of innocence
As the train began to roll so long ago

Where did we go? That long ago? So long ago