Please don't bring up the incident It wasn't what the papers said at all No I wasn't drunk on Nyquil Running naked through the Mystic plaza halls You can't reduce blue velvet To a digit on your hand And you can't make a scared boy Suddenly become a man 'Cause I'm long gone My outlook was lifted from a brutal book of songs Glasses are cracked And all conclusions are foregone Yeah I'm long gone I can't afford to pay you But I'd pay it forward If you let it slide My time spent in repose has me Particularly disposed To this assignment I meant it when I said it But I couldn't follow through Here's to lookin' through you kid It's the best that I can do 'Cause I'm long gone My outlook was lifted from a brutal book of songs Glasses are cracked And all conclusions are foregone Yeah I'm long gone I lost my credibility The time I told the truth And I'd join the Midnight Mission choir Breathless and out of tune 'Cause I'm long gone My outlook was lifted from a brutal book of songs Glasses are cracked And all conclusions are foregone Yeah I'm long gone Yeah I'm long gone Yeah I'm long gone Yeah I'm long gone