MARK KNOPFLER - THE LONG ROAD

THE LONG ROAD

MARK KNOPFLER

SONGWRITER: MARK KNOPFLER

HOW: INSTRUMENTAL

COUNTRY: U. S.

ALBUM: CAL

LABEL: VERTIGO RECORDS

GENRE: CELTIC MUSIC

YEAR: 1984

Cal is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 24 August 1984 by Vertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film Cal, produced by David Puttnam and directed by Pat O'Connor. Puttnam also produced the film Local Hero(1983)

In a contemporary review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin called the album "an exceptionally lovely and haunting score."

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald gave the album four out of five stars and called it a "quiet, reflective set of cues that eschew false dramatics in favor of supporting the story." 

And I wished for so long, cannot stay...

All the precious moments, cannot stay...

It's not like wings have fallen, cannot stay...

But I feel something's missing, cannot say...

Holding hands are daughters and sons

And their faiths just falling down, down, down, down...

I have wished for so long

How I wish for you today

We all walk the long road. Cannot stay...

There's no need to say goodbye...

All the friends and family

All the memories going round, round, round, round

I have wished for so long

How I wish for you today

And the wind keeps roaring

And the sky keeps turning gray

And the sun is set

The sun will rise another day…

We all walk the long road. Cannot stay…

There’s no need to say goodbye…

All the friends and family

All the memories going round, round, round, round

I have wished for so long

How I wish for you today

How I”ve wished for so long

How I wish for you today

We all walk the long road (3x).