In The Long Long Run Songtext / Lyric

When I was six I saw a strange tree bearing a strange fruit

I saw a surfer he was riding a wave and he was wearing a wet suit

They say "Nature is just another miracle you're accustomed to"

And when I see you riding a bicycle I know it's true



And in the long long run

In the long long run

It was worth trying



I was a boy at a bar-mitzvah and I was losing my voice

The kids kept turning into men and they had no choice

They were through with playing video games and hide and seek

And they were reading in a new language they couldn't speak



And in the long long run

In the long long run

It was worth trying



And on the top of the hill there is an old man driving a tractor

He says when I was fifteen I thought that I wanted to be an actor

But I missed the fruit in the field in the valley so green

And the movies were dull on the other side of the screen






But in the long long run

In the long long run

It was worth trying



But in the long long run

In the long long run

It was worth trying



And in the city where you don't need a car and where you hate the train

You were trying to write a new song but you couldn't find a refrain

Some sounded too shallow and others too deep

You were sitting at your desk at night and you were falling asleep



But in the long long run

In the long long run

It was worth trying

In the long long run

In the long long run

It was worth trying

In the long long run

In the long long run

It was worth trying