Woke up way too early one morning late last fall
Couldn’t hear you breathing, couldn’t feel you on my arm
Lord the room was freezing with the window open wide
Spent the next month sleeping all alone and on your side

It’s been a long year and some dark, dark nights
Since you threw a lasso ‘round the Moon and rode it outta sight
I could see where you were headed so I tried to rope the Sun
But he just burned my lasso off and said
Boy you’ve gotta let love run, It’s been a long year

I used to think your father’s love advice was always right
He said boy keep movin’, you’ll forget her face in time
But he couldn’t have been wronger if wronger was a word
'Cause your memory’s stronger than the best advice I’ve heard

It’s been a long year and some dark, dark nights
Since you threw a lasso ‘round the Moon and rode it outta sight
I could see where you were headed, so I tried to rope the Sun
But he just burned my lasso off and said
Boy you’ve gotta let love run, It’s been a long year

And every shooting star that I see
I can’t help but wonder if you’re driving
And maybe you’re up in the sea of tranquility
Waitin' on me to be what you need
So you can come back down and try it

It's been a long year