Long Year - Gary Allan

I came in off a dead-end street

Walked in slow and took a back row seat

I knew I had nothing new to say

So many people looked so burned out

I couldn’t help feeling bad about

Just having to be there anyway

A friend of a friend from work came in

I never had known what to make of him

He had always seemed to be so insincere to me

You know I’ve always been afraid of the 12-Step crowd

They laugh too much and talk too loud

Like they all know where everyone should be

It’s been a long, long long year

It’s been a long, long long year

How did I get here?

They were talkin' in a circle, I was by myself

Everyone was tellin' everyone how they felt

It felt like so long since I’d been young

As the circle kept movin' its way to the back

I was wonderin' what I was gonna say in fact

I still didn’t know as it rolled off my tongue

It’s been a long, long long year

It’s been a long, long long year

How did I get here?

I didn’t say a word all the way to my car

But a little later on that night at the bar

I was tellin' everybody how strange my day had been

They said, «Brother, all you need is another shot»

So I threw one down and said «Thanks a lot»

As I thought to myself, «Well, here we go again»

It’s been a long, long long year

It’s been a long, long long year

How did I get here?