Long Way Down

One time i shook hands with a pirate,
 he gave me a map to all his gold
 after a lifetime i finally found it,
 by then a was too old to bring it home
 it was a long way down.
 On a snowy night in late december,
 i set out to find some mistletoe
 She had promised me all kinds of kisses,
 none of them were worth the bones i broke
 it was a long way down
 Long way to fall to have nobobdy catch you
 Long way to call to have nobody answer
 Long walk home if you don't know the mountain roads
 One night while playin' in a graveyard
 somebody's hand reached up and grabbed my leg
 It was my dearly departed grandpa
 He said "i bet you thought that i was dead,
 I was just a long way down"
 And on the night before the day that i got married
 an old man said "hey listen to me son,
 make sure you wanna hold that girl forever
 cause once you say i do you gotta do it till it's done
 and it's a long way down"
 Long way to fall to have nobobdy catch you
 Long way to call to have nobody answer
 Long walk home if you don't know the mountain roads
 It's a long fall down to earth from heaven
 A long walk back to there from hell
 and sometime the difference between them is hard to tell
 One time I met a tree out in the forest
 I said "Tree i wanna be as big as you"
 he said "Boy i wish you never had've found me,
 cause that means that lumberjack can find me too
 and it's a long way down"