John Mellencamp Longest Days
Free Instructional Tutorial

Welcome to this John Mellencamp Longest Days page where youll find the lyrics below and my version on the acoustic guitar.

A song that was intended for the movie soundtrack for Midnight Cowboy but never made it in time, Dylan released Lay Lady Lay in July of 1969. It reached #7 on the US Charts and has since become a standard at concerts.




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--- Start Of Longest Days ---

Seems like once upon a time ago
I was where I was supposed to be
My vision was true and my heart was too
There was no end to what I could dream
I walked like a hero into the setting sun
Everyone called out my name
Death to me was just a mystery
I was too busy raising up Cain

But nothing lasts forever
Your best efforts don't always pay
Sometimes you get sick and don't get better
That's when life is short ... even in its longest days

So you pretend not to notice
That everything has changed
The way that you look and the friends you once had
So you keep on acting the same
But deep down in your soul
You know you got no flame
And who knows then which way to go
Thats when life is short even in its longest days

All I got here ... is a rear view mirror
Reflections of where ... I've been
So you tell yourself youll be back up on top some day
But you know ... there's nothing waiting ... up there for you anyway

But nothing lasts forever
Your best efforts don't always pay
Sometimes you get sick and don't get better
That's when life is short ... even in its longest days
Life is short ... even in its longest days

--- End Of lyrics for Longest Days ---


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