Long Way Home

Too tough for folk and too blues influenced for country, LYNNE HANSON's brand of "porch music with a little red dirt" can turn on a dime from a sunshine, blue sky ballad to a full-on thunderstorm of gritty Americana swamp from one song to the next. The Ottawa songwriter is known for her high-energy, roots guitar driven live performances, whether playing solo or with her band the Good Intentions. Lynne is a two-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner with The LYNNeS (2018 English Songwriter, Ensemble of the Year), a recipient of the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award, winner of the Blues and Roots Radio International Song Contest, two-time Folk Music Ontario Songs From The Heart Blues Award winner, a two-time Indie Acoustic Project Alt-Country album of the year winner, and a two-time Kerrville New Folk finalist. Lynne has performed in venues and festivals across North American and Europe.

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Year:: 2020
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it's that time again  
half hour past when
the last bar empties and closes down
just the echo of my feet 
rattling down the street 
as I walk across the bones of this skeleton town

past High Park with its hipster cats 
smoking and posing in their wide brim hats
flipping bottle caps up towards the sky
out past the railway line
where old Jimmy marches rain or shine
to the rhythm of the trains as they rush by

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I got sad songs on my mind
the broke down heartbreak kind
tonight I'm drunk I'm a little bit stoned
I heard you're doing fine
for me it's gonna take a little more time
I'm taking the long way home
I'm taking the long way home

lost track of weeks just how long
my friends all say it's time to move on
I think they think that I'm not trying
well I wore the soles right off my boots
running from the ghost of you
a thousand miles and I'm still crying

CHORUS

somedays I wonder why
words have to be so sad
why endings always feel so heavy and
goodbyes have to hurt so badly
dreaming isn't having
wanting still won't make it true                                              
could I have saved myself the disappointment
by never loving you

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Written by: Lynne Hanson

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Long Way Home

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