Long Ago Far Away lyrics

by Bob Dylan

To preach of peace and brotherhood,
Oh, what might be the cost!
A man he did it long ago
And they hung him on a cross.
Long ago, far away;
These things don`t happen
No more, nowadays.

The chains of slaves
They dragged the ground
With heads and hearts hung low.
But it was during Lincoln`s time
And it was long ago.
Long ago, far away;
Things like that don`t happen
No more, nowadays.

The war guns they went off wild,
The whole world bled its blood.
Men`s bodies floated on the edge
Of oceans made of mud.
Long ago, far away;
Those kind of things don`t happen
No more, nowadays.

One man had much money,
One man had not enough to eat,
One man lived just like a king,
The other man begged on the street.
Long ago, far away;
These things don`t happen
No more, nowadays.

One man died of a knife so sharp,
One man died from the bullet of a gun,
One man died of a broken heart
To see the lynchin` of his son.
Long ago, far away;
Things like that don`t happen
No more, nowadays.

Gladiators killed themselves,
It was during the Roman times.
People cheered with bloodshot grins
As eye and minds went blind.
Long ago, far away;
Things like that don`t happen
No more, nowadays.

And to talk of peace and brotherhood,
Oh, what might be the cost!
A man he did it long ago
And they hung him on a cross.
Long ago, far away;
Things like that don`t happen
No more, nowadays, do they?
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