#15

"Long Distance"
ALL
ALL Best

Number of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 4

ALL was my favorite band for a good portion of my junior year of college. My friend introduced me to them and from the first time I saw them live I was hooked. They have a gazillion albums, numerous lead singers and 3/4 of them are also The Descendents, a Top 5 punk band on anyone's list.

I'm pretty sure it's Chad Price (their 3rd singer?) on this song, written by Bill Stevenson, the drummer. I love this song because it flows well and the lyrics are heartfelt and the combination of a driving beat and the words is great.

It's not groundbreaking and it doesn't change lives but this song makes me happy. I like when it pops up on while my iPod is in *shuffle* mode.

Long distance, last good-bye
Can't give it one last try
It's all over, we didn't even cry

All I know is that the world came between us
And the love got left behind
No news flash, funeral, half-mast flags
On the day that our love died
I'd tell you face to face
If I could look you in the eye
So I just called to say good-bye

Did you burn my pictures yet?
Anything to try to forget
It's all over, it's all I can do to stay on the line

All I know is that the world came between us
And the love got left behind
No news flash, funeral, half-mast flags
On the day that our love died
I'd tell you face to face
If I could look you in the eye
So I just called to say good-bye

We both know how hard it is for both of us to try
We both know how hot it is in Texas in July
So what am I supposed to say?
How's the weather anyway?
This time I called to say good-bye

Who'd have thought it would end like this?
Without even a good-bye kiss
No one can say we didn't try

The years flew past, we tried to make it last
But the love got left behind
No news flash, funeral, half-mast flags
On the day that our love died
I'd tell you face to face
If I could look you in the eye
So I just called to say good-bye

I just called to say
There's nothing really left to say, so…
I just called to say good-bye