Long Day
Long Day a song by Matchbox Twenty on Foxsoundi — Free Music, Smart Streaming for Everyone
About Long Day
Released in 1996 as the lead single from their debut album Yourself or Someone Like You, “Long Day” introduced the world to Rob Thomas’s gritty vocals and the band’s emotionally charged alt-rock style. It’s a song about exhaustion — not just physical, but emotional and existential — delivered with urgency and vulnerability. Lyrically, the track captures the feeling of being overwhelmed, underappreciated, and stretched thin. There’s frustration .
Long Day Lyrics
[00:01.09] It's sitting by the overcoat
[00:03.30] The second shelf, the note she wrote
[00:05.63] That I can't bring myself to throw away
[00:09.67] And also, reach, she said, for no one else but you
[00:13.86] 'Cause you won't turn away
[00:16.09] When someone else is gone
[00:19.42] I'm sorry 'bout the attitude
[00:21.69] I need to give when I'm with you
[00:24.18] But no one else would take this shit from me
[00:27.36] And I'm so terrified of no one else but me
[00:32.34] I'm here all the time
[00:34.53] I won't go away
[00:37.04] Yeah, it's me, yeah, well, I can't get myself to go away
[00:46.57] Hey, it's me, and I can't get myself to go away
[00:54.65] Oh God, I shouldn't feel this way now
[00:56.99] Reach down your hand in your pocket
[00:59.18] Pull out some hope for me
[01:00.73] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[01:06.07] But no, Lord, your hand won't stop it
[01:08.40] Just keep you trembling
[01:10.27] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[01:19.39] Well, I'm surprised if you'd believe
[01:21.91] In anything that comes from me
[01:24.07] I didn't hear from you or from someone else
[01:27.60] And you're so set in life, man, a pisser they're waiting
[01:31.15] Too damn bad you get so far so fast
[01:34.34] So what? So long
[01:38.15] So reach down your hand in your pocket
[01:40.77] Pull out some hope for me
[01:42.37] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[01:47.64] But no, Lord, your hand won't stop it
[01:50.07] Just keep you trembling
[01:51.67] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[02:00.08] Oh, ain't that right?
[02:02.28]
[02:21.33] It's me, yeah, well, I can't get myself to go away
[02:28.43] Hey, well, it's me, yeah, well, I can't get myself to go away
[02:36.08] Oh God, I shouldn't feel this way now
[02:38.47] Reach down your hand in your pocket
[02:40.93] Pull out some hope for me
[02:42.47] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[02:47.62] But no, Lord, your hand won't stop it
[02:50.16] Just keep you trembling
[02:51.61] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[02:59.77] Yeah, reach down your hand in your pocket
[03:03.23] Well, reach down your hand right now
[03:05.46] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[03:10.66] Reach down your hand in your pocket
[03:12.31] Well, reach down your hand right now
[03:14.69] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[03:21.03] Oh, ain't that right?
[03:23.22] Well, ain't that right, right, right on, child?
[03:26.67] Right, right, right on, right, right on, child, oh
[03:32.53] So come on
[03:34.14]
[00:03.30] The second shelf, the note she wrote
[00:05.63] That I can't bring myself to throw away
[00:09.67] And also, reach, she said, for no one else but you
[00:13.86] 'Cause you won't turn away
[00:16.09] When someone else is gone
[00:19.42] I'm sorry 'bout the attitude
[00:21.69] I need to give when I'm with you
[00:24.18] But no one else would take this shit from me
[00:27.36] And I'm so terrified of no one else but me
[00:32.34] I'm here all the time
[00:34.53] I won't go away
[00:37.04] Yeah, it's me, yeah, well, I can't get myself to go away
[00:46.57] Hey, it's me, and I can't get myself to go away
[00:54.65] Oh God, I shouldn't feel this way now
[00:56.99] Reach down your hand in your pocket
[00:59.18] Pull out some hope for me
[01:00.73] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[01:06.07] But no, Lord, your hand won't stop it
[01:08.40] Just keep you trembling
[01:10.27] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[01:19.39] Well, I'm surprised if you'd believe
[01:21.91] In anything that comes from me
[01:24.07] I didn't hear from you or from someone else
[01:27.60] And you're so set in life, man, a pisser they're waiting
[01:31.15] Too damn bad you get so far so fast
[01:34.34] So what? So long
[01:38.15] So reach down your hand in your pocket
[01:40.77] Pull out some hope for me
[01:42.37] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[01:47.64] But no, Lord, your hand won't stop it
[01:50.07] Just keep you trembling
[01:51.67] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[02:00.08] Oh, ain't that right?
[02:02.28]
[02:21.33] It's me, yeah, well, I can't get myself to go away
[02:28.43] Hey, well, it's me, yeah, well, I can't get myself to go away
[02:36.08] Oh God, I shouldn't feel this way now
[02:38.47] Reach down your hand in your pocket
[02:40.93] Pull out some hope for me
[02:42.47] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[02:47.62] But no, Lord, your hand won't stop it
[02:50.16] Just keep you trembling
[02:51.61] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[02:59.77] Yeah, reach down your hand in your pocket
[03:03.23] Well, reach down your hand right now
[03:05.46] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[03:10.66] Reach down your hand in your pocket
[03:12.31] Well, reach down your hand right now
[03:14.69] It's been a long day, always, ain't that right?
[03:21.03] Oh, ain't that right?
[03:23.22] Well, ain't that right, right, right on, child?
[03:26.67] Right, right, right on, right, right on, child, oh
[03:32.53] So come on
[03:34.14]
From the album: 90s Best Alternative Ever..
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