Lyrics to A Long Time Ago

This version of A Long Time Ago was released by Jim Croce in 1972.

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Seems like such a long time ago,
I was walking on a lonely road.
Getting tired of dreaming alone,
like all the lonely people I had known.

Seems like such a long time ago,
there was no one who would share my song.
I was just a boy far from home,
but I became a man when you came along.

We spent the whole night talking.
You said you’d like to see the sun rise.
But in the gold of morning,
was nothing that I had not seen in your eyes.

I was so afraid to touch you,
thought you were too young, you know.
So I just watched you sleeping.
Then you woke and said to me,
The night is cold, it frightens me.
I could sleep so easy next to you.

Wasn’t very long ago,
you said that you would like to share my role.
Then you started singing my song.
Spent so many nights a-waiting,
Lets not spend a moments wasting time,
because we have very far to go.
I will go if you will take me,
I have never had a lover.
I am young but I am so alone.

We spent the whole night talking.
But in the gold of morning…

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The lyrics for A Long Time Ago are defined as the words making up the song released by Jim Croce in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to A Long Time Ago have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jim Croce and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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