It's Been A Long, Long Story Lyrics - Phil Ochs

It's been a long, long, long, long story 

'bout the fight to make men free, 

It's been a long, long, long, long story 

About as long as a story ought to be 

So hold your hats boys, hold the fort 

I'm here to make a long story short 

So it's time to sail in to the port 

Time to make a long story short. 

It's been........... 

About the fight to make the union grow 

It's been............ 

Story that's been told too slow. 

*chorus* 

It's been............ 

About the fight to ban the bomb 

It's been.............. 

Should have been a long time gone. 

*chorus*