Far Too Long

from 31 Flavours Volume 3 - Strawberry by Chris Combs

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Simple country ballad. This was written during my first 50 Song Challenge, which I used to learn to play guitar. In fact, this is the recording from those sessions. I felt there was something pure in this original demo, so I present here with no additional work. I don't like songs that are simply about a guy who is sad because his girl left him. I generally write about a guy who goes insane as a result of his own lack of self-confidence. In this one I gave the narrator a good excuse to mope about - the girl has died.

Written 7, 13 January 2002.

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It's been far too long
since I wrote a love song
but I ain't got no reason to
the muse of music has been lost on me
ever since the day that I lost you

my oldest friend is my guitar
but he ain't giving me no advice
He just remains silent and looks at me
through his one dark blinkless eye

It used to be I'd write every day
But that was before you went away
They tell me you've left for somebody better
But I can see you if I go that way

But it's been far too long
since I wrote a love song
but I ain't got no reason to
the muse of music has been lost on me
ever since the day that I lost you

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from 31 Flavours Volume 3 - Strawberry, released May 31, 2010

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