Sometimes I think I can outline my life and the people I’ve known by certain songs. Several years ago, I gave guitar lessons to a girl who had lived in Tasmania and had moved to Berwick, Pennsylvania, in those dark days when I lived in Yankeedom. She became a decent guitarist and was blessed with a fine voice. I still remember a spring day when I heard her sing “Long, Long, Time” by Linda Ronstadt. She had just been through a harsh, brutal breakup with her boyfriend (a friend of mine) and her heart was broken, full of emotion. Her voice has haunted me ever since, for there at that moment, I realized the depths of emotions that one song can contain. I heard this song as I was grocery shopping at Brookshires last week and remembered Jennifer and decided to post this song. Wherever she is, I hope she’s well and happy.
I found the lyrics here: http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/great1.htm#haste

Long Long Time

written by Gary B. White
Universal MCA Music (ASCAP)

Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice but there’s no one at my side
And time washes clean love’s wounds unseen
That’s what someone told me but I don’t know what it means.

Cause I’ve done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I’m gonna love you for a long long time

Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can’t say you hurt me when you never let me near
And I never drew one response from you
All the while you fell all over girls you never knew
Cause I’ve done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think it’s gonna hurt me for a long long time

Wait for the day
You’ll go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I’d have to pay
And life’s full of flaws
Who knows the cause?
Living in the memory of a love that never was
Cause I’ve done everything I know to try and change your mind
and I think I’m gonna miss you for a long long time
Cause I’ve done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I’m gonna love you for a long long time.