Come a Long Way Well we've come a long way since we last shook hands Still got a long way to go We couldn't see the flowers when we last shook hands Couldn't see the flowers on account of the snow All my life I wanted to roam, to go to the ends of the earth But the earth really ends where you started to roam And you and I know what a circle is worth What did you do with your burden and your cross? Did you carry it yourself or did you crack? You and I know that a burden and a cross can only be carried on one man's back So let's drink a cup to what went down There's not much left to reveal I think I changed my mind after what went down As to who in the end got the better deal We've come a long way since we last shook hands Still got a long way to go We couldn't see the flowers when we last shook hands Couldn't see the flowers on account of the snow Couldn't see the flowers on account of the snow Words and music originally by Kate & Anna McGarrigle on Dancer With Bruised Knee This song was performed live in Glastonbury (2005) as a duet with Martha Wainwright Loudon Wainwright III performed this song on Attempted Mustache (1973)