Long Island Sound James McMurtry

[Verse 1]
New Mexico's lost on the back streets of Austin
Carolina keeps all her thoughts to herself
Tennessee's tight and he will not stop talking
Somebody shush him 'fore I have to myself

[Verse 2]
Wrote that verse for the kids but I never did sing it
I filed it away and forgot it in time
My old guitar sits in the back bedroom closet
Next to the shotgun I got when I was nine

[Verse 3]
And if I had any sense I'd be way 'cross the Whitestone
I might as well as sit here a while 'fore I start
'Cause when the 5:30 rush hits the Cross Island Parkway
It's not for the squeamish or the gentle of heart

[Verse 4]
I'd be stuck on the bridge in the right lane at sunset
Watchin' the boats with their snowy white sails
Watchin' the sun sinkin' over the projects
Laundry hung out off the balcony rails

[Verse 5]
And where are you now, my long secret love?
Where have you gone in your glamorous life?
Where are you now as the moon comes a-risin'?
Are you somebody's love? Are you somebody's wife?