It's Been a Long Long Day

Oooh, it's been a long long one day
 longer than a country mile
 stronger than a hurricane
 oooh, it's been a long long
 day.
 This red barn in the field.
 Dusty winds blow round it.
 It stands in its place
 firm and tall.
 So safe inside am I
 that I can see
 one hundred prairie miles
 waving on endlessly.
 And papa snores again
 while mama lies awake
 silently wondering
 why that grey
 cat that she loved
 up and run away,
 ten years ago one
 dusty day just like today.
 Long one day there I lay
 under the big windy sky I prayed;
 dear Lord make the flickering hands of fate
 finally flip the page
 to the yellow sun
 of my coming age.
 Oooh, it's been a long, long long day...
 longer than a country mile
 stronger than a hurricane.
 Oooh, its been
 a long long day.