Long Way Down
By Mark Neihart
Written at 63 · Music from my 60's, see the decade on the Music page
Versions
- Long Way Down (Fish version)Fish version2022
- Long Way DownKindred's Flame2024This take
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Lyrics
Long Way Down - Mark Neihart 2020 Night Falls Hard and the Rain won’t Stop The Voices in my Head need a traffic cop Laying Still but the sleep won’t come That thing I did, won’t come undone And it’s All ready too late Cuz, it’s already gone If I’ld only taken a different road I might be that better man that I know I am The trade I made happened long ago The price I paid with my very soul When my woman left with a friend of mind I squelched out my love for the final time And it’s All ready too late Cuz, it’s already gone Now my broken heart can never heal I’ll never be that better man that I know I am I’ll never see that better man that I know I am Don’t let go, don’t think twice There’s no doubt we’re down and out But iv’e been here and helped us through our live But Just who do you think you’re talking to? Your broken filthy words are verbal turds and NOT the VERVE to challenge I And it’s All ready too late Cuz, it’s already gone Now the voices never let me forget I’m not that better man that I know I am So, whats the world for a man like me? With a dream of a world that I’ll never see My restless life never settles down What I’m looking for cannot be found And it’s All ready too late Cuz, it’s already gone I’ts a sober thought that scraes me so. I’ll never be that better man that I know I am
From the lyric sheet “long way down-lyrics.docx” in the archive.Alternate lyrics (1)
Mac Studio: Long Way Down-Lyrics · 2023
Long Way Down - Mark Neihart 2020 Night Falls Hard and the Rain won’t Stop The Voice in you Head needs a traffic cop Laying Still but the sleep won’t come Knots you’ve tied, won’t come undone. Is it already too late? Are you already gone? If you’d only taken a different road you might be the better man than the one they know The trade you made happened long ago You bartered hard with your very soul. High and dry in Quartzite snuffed out her love for the final time. And it’s already too late Cuz, it’s already gone Broken hearts need will to heal If you’d only take a different road you might be the better man than the one they know. Don’t let go, don’t think twice There’s no doubt we’re down and out But I’ve been here and helped us through our live But Just who do you think you’re talking to? Your broken filthy words are verbal turds and NOT the VERVE to challenge I And it’s already too late Cuz, it’s already gone Broken hearts need will to heal If you’d only take a different road you might be the better man than the one they know So, what’s this world for a man like this? With a dream of a world that I’ll never see My restless life never settles down What I’m looking for cannot be found Is it already too late? Are you already gone? I’ts a sober thought that scraes me so. You’ll never be that better man that I know.
Recorded 2024
Credits · from the album’s credits sheet
- Artist
- The Neihart Narrative
- Written by
- Mark Neihart© neihart 2020
- Recorded at
- Radishman StudioGranite, Utah · Engineered by Daniel Young; Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Goldring; Produced by Zachary Galanis
- Performed by
- Mark NeihartGuitar, Vocals
- Billy BurkeSlide Guitars
- Nick NeihartBass
- Chris NeihartDrums
- Zachary GalanisBacking Vocal
Story & notes
How the song came to be, in Mark’s own words.
Recording notes, instruments and versions.
Other versions
- LONG WAY DOWN - DEMO Dec27draft/demo · MP32023-12-27
- Long Way Downdraft/demo · MP32021-12-22
2 other versions in the archive; press play on any row to hear it (one plays at a time).

