oooh it's been a long long 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 stand in it's 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 here I lay under the big windy sky I pray 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 it's been a long long day