Thirty Years Of Tears, lyric by John Hiatt

from the songs album Stolen Moments

Is this a place i can rest my poor head
To gather my thoughts in sweet silence
Is this a place where the feelings aren't dead
From an overexposure to violence
And is this a place i can slowly face
The only one i truly can know

These are tears from a long time ago
I got these tears from a long time ago
I need to cry 30 years or so
These are tears from a long time ago

Oh darling, oh darling, say unto me
Where have you been all my lifetime
Well i have been swimmin' the seven sad seas
Fair women have thrown me their lifelines
And i just pulled them on to the water's dark grin
I'd have warned 'em but i didn't know

These are tears from a long time ago
I've got these tears from a long time ago
I need to cry 30 years or so
These are tears from a long time ago

Well, i've cried me a river, i've cried me a lake
I've cried till the past nearly drowned me
Tears for sad consequences
Tears for mistakes
But never these tears that surround me

Alone in this place with a lifetime to trace
And a heartbeat that tells me it's so
I've got these tears from a long time ago
These are tears from a long time ago
And i need to cry 30 years or so
These are tears from a long time ago
These are tears from a long time ago
I've got these tears from a long time ago