Down So Long


"i've been down so long oh it can't be longer still and i've been down so long that the end must be drawing near"
                               - "Down So Long", Jewel



          so, now what? i don't know. i'm taking my Paxil but right now i'm so suicidal that i may be going back into the hospital. i cut myself and call The Kids Help Phone. i lick Popsicles and i pop Tylenol. i don't know where i'm going. i've been down for too long but the end ain't getting any closer.



Down So Long

                     - Jewel

Sun sets 'cross the ocean
I'm a thousand miles from anywhere
My pocketbook and my heart both just got stolen
And the sun act like she don't even care
The wind blows cold when you reach the top
It feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of my shoe 
I got a plastic Jesus, a cordless telephone for every corner of my room 
Got everybody but you telling me what to do 

But I've been down so long
Ooh, it can't be longer still
I've been down for so long
That the end must be drawing near 

I look to everybody but me to answer my prayers
'Til I saw an angel in the bathroom who said she saw no one
worth saving anywhere

And a blind man on the corner said it's simple, like flipping a coin
Don't matter what side it lands on if it's someone else's dime

But I've been down so long
Ooh, it can't be longer still
We've been down for so long
That the end must be drawing near 

I take a trip, I catch a train,  I catch a plane
I got a ticket in my hand
And then a man takes my money
And like cattle we all stand

But we've been down so long
Ooh, it can't be longer still
We've been down for so long
The end must be...
I know the end must be...
Oh, I know the end must be drawing near
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