The Avett Brothers - Long Story Short lyrics
[The Avett Brothers - Long Story Short lyrics]
Here I am standing, ten feet between us
Beside me, the door that I just came through
Where I walked past an overweight cop
In an alley with a beer gut bursting from
A bullet proof jacket
Who thinks to himself, "I've got to get back
To the man that I was when I was a dreamer"
With a partner in crime named Brandy McGill
A girl with a love of life bigger than normal
Who still wonders when her life will begin
Her best friend Maria who
Seems to have everything
Tells her she probably just needs a vacation
Away from the stress of
Her husband’s vocation
While Maria is talking, Brandy is drifting
Staring at John who just got the job
Busing tables to pay for Community College
An Associates degree in x ray technology
John is too old to still be in college
He doesn't like class and
Sometimes doesn't go
Long story short, his family was broken
He was freed from a past life
As a kid on Skid Row
He notices Brandy, but stares at Maria
Her beauty well-practiced in casting a spell
Imagining her naked, he spills dirty dishes
On the lap of an elderly woman named Belle
A lady who won't live to
See her next birthday
But shares a warm smile regardless of that
The mess that unfolds
Completely surrounds her
Not one bit of urgency enters her soul
She reaches for Roy, her husband forever
In love and connection, her small hand
He holds
And nothing comes of it but a managers' anger
Not for the mess, but her father's remark
About a bad grade that she had as a child
So she takes her revenge out by firing John
Who now wonders when his life will begin
Ain't it confusing to search for the will
And learn when you find it
That you've lost your way?
Long story short, he saw a commercial
That said that the 20s are
The prime of your life
But that doesn't seem to be
True at this moment
As he cleans out his locker
And calls his best friend
Who's too busy to talk cause
He's prepping with lawyers
To keep money from his ex-wife, the mother
Of their only son who's naturally drawn
To guns and sharp objects who
Now has no father
Except for on weekends, two times a month
No need to worry, I'm told we're protected
By the men passing laws in
The House and the Senate
From people who mix up the truth and reality
With movies and games
And ridiculous scenarios
Long story short, best I can tell
Children can't be left to raise themselves
Beside me, the door that I just came through
Where I walked past an overweight cop
In an alley with a beer gut bursting from
A bullet proof jacket
Who thinks to himself, "I've got to get back
To the man that I was when I was a dreamer"
With a partner in crime named Brandy McGill
A girl with a love of life bigger than normal
Who still wonders when her life will begin
Her best friend Maria who
Seems to have everything
Tells her she probably just needs a vacation
Away from the stress of
Her husband’s vocation
While Maria is talking, Brandy is drifting
Staring at John who just got the job
Busing tables to pay for Community College
An Associates degree in x ray technology
John is too old to still be in college
He doesn't like class and
Sometimes doesn't go
Long story short, his family was broken
He was freed from a past life
As a kid on Skid Row
He notices Brandy, but stares at Maria
Her beauty well-practiced in casting a spell
Imagining her naked, he spills dirty dishes
On the lap of an elderly woman named Belle
A lady who won't live to
See her next birthday
But shares a warm smile regardless of that
The mess that unfolds
Completely surrounds her
Not one bit of urgency enters her soul
She reaches for Roy, her husband forever
In love and connection, her small hand
He holds
And nothing comes of it but a managers' anger
Not for the mess, but her father's remark
About a bad grade that she had as a child
So she takes her revenge out by firing John
Who now wonders when his life will begin
Ain't it confusing to search for the will
And learn when you find it
That you've lost your way?
Long story short, he saw a commercial
That said that the 20s are
The prime of your life
But that doesn't seem to be
True at this moment
As he cleans out his locker
And calls his best friend
Who's too busy to talk cause
He's prepping with lawyers
To keep money from his ex-wife, the mother
Of their only son who's naturally drawn
To guns and sharp objects who
Now has no father
Except for on weekends, two times a month
No need to worry, I'm told we're protected
By the men passing laws in
The House and the Senate
From people who mix up the truth and reality
With movies and games
And ridiculous scenarios
Long story short, best I can tell
Children can't be left to raise themselves