To paraphrase Nina SIMONE, here's a tune for today, for this hour...

Written & recorded March 7, 2010

Tracked live at Quaker Road by the Suitcase Sound Mobile Recording Unit

Shure Beta 57A&rt;RadioShack 1/4" to 1/8" adapter&rt;MacBook

Fender Super Six Reverb, Guild Bluesbird, worn out voice - Drew O'DOHERTY

"So Long"

Well, so long
I know I can't make you stay
Here any longer
Not even one more day
And when you're gone
I won't know just what to say
Except so long
Sorry it had to be this way

Is it so wrong
To think this is a mistake
I mean, don't you know
Just how my heart'll break
From where you're sitting
I know this looks like an awful place
Still it seems so wrong
To say so long today

Nothing is easy
Year after year
But it's killing us all
Who still live here
When you shut the door
And turn off your light
We'll be crying ourselves to sleep
Night after night after night

So, I say so long
Guess I couldn't change your mind
I'll hold on to the memories
Of when you were by my side
Nothing I could do
Nothing I could say
Just couldn't stand between you
Between you and the grave

So, I say so long

NOTE: There are some minor differences between what's written here and what's sung on this recording. Sometimes I swallow words here and there, but these are the words for this song.