Long Time Gone from Brooklyn

We all saw you off at the station,
On that dark cloudy feeling of a day
There was music, the young girls all a waving,
Best wishes to vanquish the gray

The first letters told of your training,
Comrades at the dress parades
Each night as taps were sounded,
Lights out to drill the next day

Chorus
You are a long time gone from Brooklyn,
Still missing from the scenes we both knew
I now stroll alone by the river,
In my thoughts I am walking with you

Oft I dream that we’re together,
As dogwoods bloom amid an April snow
Seasons change and I’m growing weary
Hope and dread seem all that I know

Chorus
You are a long time gone from Brooklyn,
Still missing from the scenes we both knew
I now stroll alone by the river,
In my thoughts I am walking with you

Now I stroll alone by the river,
In my thoughts I am walking with you



Ⓒ Roger W. Cline, Walnut Run Music (ASCAP) and Gary G. Ferguson, (Gunny Sack Music, BMI)