The Bonemen years - part 2

It's a long way home.

Queen of Sweden, sitting on a Queen Street mission house throne.

It's a long way home.

She keeps a tiara, tries to recall all that she has done.

It's a long way home.

She was a dancer in her former years. Lived without her shoes for so long, she has forgotten the way it used to be. When she'd step off of that concrete and Slip like a fool into the blue.

Into the blue. Cry. Cry.

When the money's gone When the love has gone Away

It's a long way home

For Donny Turgeron who danced with the beast in World War II.

It's a long way home

A photograph of victory is folded in the brim of his Biltmore hat.

It's a long way home

If you buy him a rye and coke Well, you'll end up at the bar where He'll tell you about the combat, the shelling night and day. And at Anzio --Godamn-- what a place to lose your legs. And I tell you young man if I could, I'd crawl right back to that beach And I'd stand on that pier. And I'd dive like a fool into the blue.

Into the blue. Cry. Cry.

When the money's gone. When the love has gone Away.

It's a long way home.

Those legions on the street march in the lights of a neon dawn.

It's a long way home.

By God, you know they're tired, given all they have. And they've tried to be forgiving and they've tried to be discreet. And they've tried to find some answers as they tried to beat the street. And they've tried to check their anger but that's a long lost cause So all they want is to check out into the blue.

Into the blue. Cry. Cry.

When the money's gone When the love has gone Away

It's a long way home

When all your bags are packed and those trains have all long gone.

It's a long way home

Sitting in an empty room upstairs in the house where you were born.