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