is this a place i can rest my poor head to gather my thoughts in sweet silence is this a place where the feelings aren t dead from an overexposure to violence and is this a place i can slowly face the only one i truly can know these are tears from a long time ago i got these tears from a long time ago i need to cry 30 years or so these are tears from a long time ago oh darling oh darling say unto me where have you been all my lifetime well i have been swimmin the seven sad seas fair women have thrown me their lifelines and i just pulled them on to the water s dark grin i d have warned em but i didn t know these are tears from a long time ago i ve got these tears from a long time ago i need to cry 30 years or so these are tears from a long time ago well i ve cried me a river i ve cried me a lake i ve cried till the past nearly drowned me tears for sad consequences tears for mistakes but never these tears that surround me alone in this place with a lifetime to trace and a heartbeat that tells me it s so i ve got these tears from a long time ago these are tears from a long time ago and i need to cry 30 years or so these are tears from a long time ago these are tears from a long time ago i ve got these tears from a long time ago