The Long Run

from Your Anniversary by Elana Stone

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THE LONG RUN

When I was a young man
Anything was possible then
For me to escape from this lonely world

Everything was part of a plan
Every plan was part of a grand scheme
That would culminate in my success

So it was that I came
To understand that life is a game of snakes of ladders
Sharks and battles of love

So I came and I saw
And I conquered what was before
The times were changing
I was amazing

When I got to what I thought was the top
There was still so much further I needed to go
And I realised that I forgot
What I started trying to know

Suddenly it all fell apart
I found myself right back at the start
Alone watching movies in my underpants

Couldn’t complete the simplest task
Couldn’t even bring myself to ask
Someone, a friend to please take care of me

But as my eyes became accustomed to the dark
There was still so much further I needed to go
And I realised that I forgot
What I started trying to know

And I thought surely I won’t be on my own too long
Surely all this bad luck come out better in the long run
Surely I’m gonna make my own way home
And I’ll show all the snakes and the take take takes that I’m
Better in the long run

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from Your Anniversary, released June 1, 2009

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Elana Stone Sydney, Australia

Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning musician whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk, and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant or introspective.
Elana is also a member of the award-winning folk and alt country act 'All Our Exes Live In Texas' ... more

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