Long Stretch Of Lonesome

(Gary Scruggs)
 Never mind the struggle
 Never mind these tears I cry
 Through it all I will stay humble
 As I keep a watchful eye
 For that sweeter change of fortune
 That's closer now than it's been
 Where the memories that haunt me
 Are gonna someday be my friend
 When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end
 On some crazy river
 But I still have control
 And I will not surrender
 I'll stay true to heart and soul
 There's a sea of love awaiting
 Down at the river's end
 There I'll drown my sorrows
 And there I'll live again
 When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end
 When that long stretch of lonesome finally comes to an end
 My heart belonging to someone
 It'll never be longing again
 And the shadows that have dogged me since I can't remember when
 Finally give quarter
 To the sunlight on my skin
 When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end
 And the shadows that have dogged me since I can't remember when
 Finally give quarter to the sunlight on my skin
 When that long stretch of lonesome
 When that long stretch of lonesome
 When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end