Several years ago I was a beach bum out in California. I used to sing this song and I dedicated it to my first love, whom I didn't speak to anymore. I forgot all about it as one does with even the best song. Five years later, I'm driving down the road with my first love as we'd reconnected. This song comes on my auto play and I got SUCH chills. Wefound each other again, in the long run 🥹❤️

Lying, a dreamer, dreaming beside me The city sirens keep me awake And I know I'll see you again in the long run People they tell me I should be careful That you'll worry, and I'm already miles away But I know I'll see you again in the long run And I know I'll meet you again in the long run But we can't be lovers 'Cause I'm still afraid Of leaving the things I love dearly. I wander, I roam, I write home to tell you That I'm sorry, I won't leave it this late again. But I know I'll see you again in the long run And I know I'll meet you again in the long run But I can't be married You'll take me away From everything that I love dearly And we can't be lovers You'll take me away from my home My home My home But I know I'll see you again in the long run.

@malharkaur3950

2 жыл бұрын

Love it when people put lyrics in the comments so that one doesn't have to google them separately, and can listen, watch n read at the same time. Thankss for this♡

This song makes me cry everytime i come here but I'll see this comment again, in a long run. 🤞

Music like this makes me feel like everything is going to be just fine.

@williamhodgson1758

6 жыл бұрын

sweetmusaic. Everything is just fine😊

@jeffking8799

5 жыл бұрын

Well it's not

@dermotoshea7988

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@willall2855

4 жыл бұрын

Manage your expectations, and everything will be

@mariamery5197

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

My Uncle was suppose to see them in concert when they came to the states. Unfortunately he passed away a month before. My goal is to go see this amazing group live. That way, he can join me from Heaven. ❤

@hallofadventures2320

Жыл бұрын

so sorry about your uncle. hope you get to see them soon!!

It reminds me of how no matter how much you love someone for who they are in your days, their story is large. The impossibility of being everything your love needs. Sometimes we're missing such a large part of us. Trying to explain that can be difficult. Love still remaining, sentiment goes as far as to explain the moment, with a life left in its wake. It's a love that gets truer when you understand and try.

@barelygettinbyy

5 жыл бұрын

I wanna have a three in the morning conversation with you

@beth9603

4 жыл бұрын

@@barelygettinbyy same

@krayc4695

2 жыл бұрын

@@barelygettinbyy so do it..

@MountedDragoon

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like poetry

@gristlevonraben

2 жыл бұрын

Very wise

Someone special sang this for me before we broke up…still miss her hahaha

watching this video in 2023. it feels like world was so much better 10 years ago. thank you for this song.

this band is grossly underrated

@mirandamarcaros

10 ай бұрын

Do they want ? I listen them every day !

When I listen to music like this, I am taken back to a much simpler time.

One of the best songs out there. Anyone still listening?

Thankyou, something about this song, It heals my soul. This makes me feel more human and brought tears to my eyes upon listening the first time.

How the hell I didn't found this gem until 2021? KZread keeps hiding to me jewels like this. Now I'm addicted to this trio.

This song isn't exactly sad but when she hits the chorus, the wavy thing she does with her voice when she sings "in the long run" ... I'm spouting inexplicable tears.

@MrGenedancingmachine

4 жыл бұрын

You’re not tho, why do people always gotta lie to bolster a complimentary comment?

@devina8203

4 жыл бұрын

MrGenedancingmachine what part exactly was I lying?

@MrGenedancingmachine

4 жыл бұрын

Dean all of it. It’s just the usual hack KZread comments on music videos, same as “damn I just spit my coffee all over my screen from laughing” hack comments on comedy videos, no you didn’t spit coffee everywhere and no, YOU didn’t “spout inexplicable tears”

@devina8203

4 жыл бұрын

MrGenedancingmachine ah I see, that was 2 years ago and while that’s no excuse, I did end up being unreasonably emotional on hearing the song for the first time and did actually start crying. Maybe it’s the language I used that sounds bullshit to you, but I wasn’t lying. It’s audacious of you to be telling me of what I didn’t do a few years ago.

@devina8203

4 жыл бұрын

MrGenedancingmachine nor was it a hack comment or attention seeking btw, I completely forgot I even made it until your reply

I bet their parents are fantastically proud. I know I would be.

Isn’t LOVE our true home? If so, we can’t be taken from home.. in the long run, we simply build a bigger home together in love. Such a beautiful song of the great unknown that we call love.

@christinejackson288

29 күн бұрын

Sweet words :)

Beautiful!! Place, Song, Voices, Singers---- ALL BEAUTIFUL!! Wow that harmony brings tears to my eyes. Thank you!

that fingerpicking is beautiful

@matthewandersen7699

6 жыл бұрын

flyonthewall187 that's what she said

@rfarrow3483

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewandersen7699 It's fingerpicking good!

@ESP5576

4 жыл бұрын

Its called Travis picking.

@robertsmith1810

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was more like ragtime?

Her voice reminds me of Joan Baez. Beautiful song and gorgeously sang.

Ive come back to this with happy tears after everytime. It's like being comforted by a woman who loves you.

This is what straight up unadulterated talent sounds like.

Dear KZread algorithms. I take back everything bad I ever said about you. I am a deer in the headlights of this song.

This song makes me feel a wave of emotions yet eerily calm at the same time.

If these ladies gargled together, it would somehow turn out breathtakingly beautiful.

@leahaugustine4285

5 жыл бұрын

Tony Wyman right

@_CoasterNinja

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@lauravanderzee4137

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I think you are right

@intercat4907

4 жыл бұрын

2 years later, that is still a dead on and dead hilarious comment. Cheers.

Man, I never heard of The Staves before today. This song is just a killer.

Their harmonies are so pure and beautiful. A truly precious moment. Thank you so much girls!

I had to come back and watch this for the billionth time. I just love it so much

Ten years on. Still coming back to you ladies and "that fucking guitar".. Merry Christmas! :)

The tone of those voices is absolutely heaven.

So beautiful it makes me almost cry. These girls create masterpieces of earthy, melodic English folk.

@zachjacobson2828

5 ай бұрын

What’s funny is, me, who’s constantly impatient, skipped the part where they were walking. I didn’t hear their English accents. I’m from America, and totally heard country, bluegrass/mountain music influences in this song. The American shirt threw me off too haha 😂 but hey when you dig deeper you find out origins of country music in America are from the original settlers Scottish and English folk songs inspired American music.

These girls are butterflies.

Their music feels like mother cuddling me on the couch while I sob. And then relief.

@schrittney555

Жыл бұрын

Best thing ever. ❤

my heart just got broken by the same woman for the second time. meeting friends, talking to them and going outside the house helps me a lot to feel better. but when I'm alone at home or when I can't sleep I watch this video. it gives me a lot of hope. so beautiful, so pure, so perfect. a big "thank you" from switzerland:-)

@apoorvgarg2926

6 жыл бұрын

Manuel Küng i feel the same.

@j.k8139

6 жыл бұрын

How do u feel now?

@apoorvgarg2926

6 жыл бұрын

Julia eldae I still feel the same. There's a hidden beauty in this song. I have shared this songs with my friends but nobody felt the same way how I did.

@uweseeler1

6 жыл бұрын

I feel a lot better now, thank you:-)

@apoorvgarg2926

6 жыл бұрын

Manuel Küng God bless you

Great picking, superb harmonies, what's not to love?

Warm tones, beautiful songwriting and sweet melodies... this stirs my soul...

@vivianmorse1812

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. K

Thank you KZread for putting this good song and music on the recommendation list.

women singing 3 part harmonies is just magical. Mens harmonies and guitar harmonies are great but womens harmonies do something special to the ear that cant be done any other way. Thanks for all your hard work to entertain us all

One thing that feels peaceful is to play on your instrument and singing outside while the sky is blue and the sun goes under. :)

''but we can't be lovers 'cause I'm afraid of leaving the things I love dearly'' literally what i'm going through right now, thank you for this

I dedicate this song to my beautiful Aries Rabbit, the only woman I've ever loved 🌹. I miss you SO much...

@careyanngroves9703

4 жыл бұрын

Stone Shire, always stealing my heart and whisking me away. 💕

@stoneshire645

4 жыл бұрын

@@careyanngroves9703 ❤❤❤❤❤ My dream girl ❤❤❤❤

Love this live version. Props to whoever set up the audio... quality is spectacular for a field recording.

@carinhaquenaomoralogoali8225

8 жыл бұрын

t

@SeaFeezle

8 жыл бұрын

+Playstation Dude How smart!

@leswoodies2

6 жыл бұрын

Sound is studio recorded and matched to the clip

@tomgosy

6 жыл бұрын

what leswoodies2 said

@thisisfela

6 жыл бұрын

leswoodies2 just gotta love people who are constantly talking while they have absolutely no clue. This is not studio recorded.. if you just open your eyes youd see that they all got lavalier mics clipped to their shirts. maybe they mastered it in post too but this is definitely no studiorec.

Again, utterly spellbinding. Sounds like this almost transcend music. How these girls produced such magic can only be imagined. I hope they are well and still performing x

The Wisely and Slow album has been bringing me through the year 🫶🏻

Blood harmonies are the best...❤❤❤

beautiful voices, melody, harmony, beautiful faces, beautiful setting, beautiful. Reminds me of a line from an old song "Katie's been gone, and now her face is slowly fading from my mind." very different sound, but this song seems like the other side

Dam u one rare girl I'm crying why so many beautiful angels that I've dreamed of God bless yall from my sacredly heart

some of the best harmonies i have ever heard. i just love when voices meld together so seemlessly.

I listened to this song when I was younger and didn’t understand it. Now as I’ve grown older I have grown to understand these lyrics. So beautiful.

This song is heartbreakingly beautiful

It’s about the to be midnight and I am not having a good day and this group popped into my spirit and I was so determined to find them. I looked everywhere and found a list of band names this name stood out and I was like THIS IS THEM! I needed this I’m so glad I found you all again

There’s something so familiar about this song such a warm feeling

I wasn't ready....

Whenever I remember this song, I always prefer this one over the studio version. It just feels so different :))

Their voices match their looks perfectly.

That lead singer is the most gorgeous

I wonder of the 3 million views, how many are of me playing this on REPEAT, late night drinking whiskey..lol

This is such a stunning folk track. Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Jackson C Frank, The Staves.

@Flowmotion1000

4 жыл бұрын

Reminiscent of The Roches too - it's time people were re acquainted to The Roches, first two albums particularly.

@ErnChildofJesus

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent song, beautiful voices.

@nathanielrossi9659

3 жыл бұрын

I just came from listening to nick an randomly thought of this tune before bed my friend.

@jishnuchatterjee6517

Жыл бұрын

You my friend have excellent taste in music. I saw Nick Drake and I had to comment.

I am so happy to have discovered The Staves a few weeks back Hopefully I can attend a concert in my near future. You lovely ladies are in my regular rotation of music to listen too everyday. Your heavenly voices puts me into a fabulous mood instantly.

Beautiful lyrics and voices ❤🎉

Thank you 🙏 right Dr. Prosko, tonight. I reminded you Of you, and you of me. Prosko, Sherman, whiting. 🙏 Thank you. Best of Pa

Magical harmonies.... beautiful in talent and person... Why is this raw talent not seized upon and nurtured to super stardom...

@R5d4d2

8 жыл бұрын

+mayunever Why would you wish super stardom upon them? - paparazzi, loss of privacy, loss of touch with reality, stalkers ... These ladies are perfect as they are.

I love how they never look at the camera, just at eachother c:

@AzazelBathory

6 жыл бұрын

jack jack i love when friends are comfortable with looking at each other,smiling at each other, without feeling weird about it.

@diepoopie187

6 жыл бұрын

+Untainted Heart - They're sisters, so are pretty comfortable together after about 30 years, but why would you be uncomfortable looking and smiling at your friends? How did you even become friends in the first place?

@MrMowky

6 жыл бұрын

If you have musical siblings, you know what it's like. You just feed off visual clues and intuition.

@RedRosamond

5 жыл бұрын

so beautiful

@codrinn9999

5 жыл бұрын

Cuz they're gay

Struck by everything in this masterpiece... what a beautiful and relatable recommendation 😍❤❤

2021 : still feels so amazing to listen to this 🌼😊💕

The first girl to sing has absolutely captivated me! She plays in such a similar style to Nick Drake, specifically when he's doing his Jackson C. Frank covers. Anyway, just a lovely lass singing a lovely song.

I love these girls.. My 8 yr old daughter showed me this song 😍

I love how they talk in the beginning. I never expected them to sound so Chav.

My God, those harmonies saved my soul.

"In The Long Run" (lyrics) hopefully these are right idk xx Lying, a dreamer dreaming beside me The city sirens keep me awake I know I'll see you again in the long run People, they tell me I should be careful That you worry and I'm already miles away But I know I'll see you again in the long run And I know I'll meet you again in the long run But we can't be lovers 'cause I'm still afraid Of leaving the things I love dearly I wonder, I rode my ride home to tell you That I'm sorry, I won't leave it this late again But I know I'll see you again in the long run And I know I'll meet you again in the long run But I can't marry, you'll take me away From everything that I love dearly And we can't be lovers, you'll take me away From my home But I know I'll see you again in the long run

@alolly121795

7 жыл бұрын

One correction: "I wander, I roam, I write home to tell you". Thanks for posting the lyrics, though. This song keeps getting more enchanting the more I listen to it. Actually, the Staves just keep getting more and more enchanting. They are like Sirens themselves.

@jessiemiller7770

5 жыл бұрын

@@alolly121795 Thanks, I thought it was 'rode my ride home to tell you' as well! What a beautiful song...

As a late bloomer coming to the party three days later. Amazing! I love it! Four years later and timeless still.

I'll never understand why some idiots give thumbs down on music videos like this. Like, okay, it's not your thing, now please just move along?

This is a lot better than the album version. The harmonies sound fantastic. Whoever is producing their studio albums needs to listen closely to this, there's too much prettifying and over-production on their records. If they did a whole album like this with them just singing over acoustic with little to no studio effects it would easily be their best work so far.

@joshlizakowski8050

5 жыл бұрын

exactly!!! this is them at their best!!!

This is what I imagine the gates of heaven sound like.

I was on a random dive for music again in a long while, Its kinda sad to say that I kinda forgot about this album, this song, but i loved it so much in college, and replayed it daily, and i just decided randomly to make a new playlist today and I'm, I'm crying I'm glad i saw this again, and the meaning of the song is just timely even if its not the same situation but wow I'm, that was such a mind blow for me.

Women are magic, at least some of them - like these 3.

Three beautiful girls, with beautiful voices.

@brunovieirafairas6464

7 жыл бұрын

Spodgy Shnoz yeah !!

@bri-annaedwardine1697

6 жыл бұрын

three beautiful girls with coarse language

@leila5828

5 жыл бұрын

@O G ew

@emmawelsh5336

2 жыл бұрын

they're women not girls!!!!!

@schrittney555

Жыл бұрын

​@@brunovieirafairas6464 no

audio mix on this recording is wonderful!

I used to listen to this as a teenage, lovely song.

love an light

Seeing them sing with their tones is so mesmerizing.

They are so good live, even in the middle of a field. Major props to the soundman

This song made me start crying tears so forget the haters. I aint lieing one bit, i been crying the whole song since the harmonies started.

This song is a folk legend in the making.

The guitar prowess is just incredible

Their voices...pure gold.

what is there to say? a goosebumps chorus; an excellent arpeggiator...and to make matters worse...three beauties of incalculable finesse

You all were on the soundtrack for the Robin Wright movie "Land". Recognized those harmonies straightaway!

I can keep listening to this on a loop and not get tired of it, what a fantastic song!

A soothing sound for our daily quarantine.

Nice, beautiful song and girls,congratulations ,kisses from Brasil 🎶✌🏽✨

well listen to this for the first time when im drunk(a lot of beer) this music just Beautiful

In the Long Run by The Staves Lying, a dreamer, dreaming beside me The city sirens keep me awake And I know that I’ll see you again in the long run People they tell me I should be careful That you’ll worry, and I’m already miles away But I know that I’ll see you again in the long run And I know that I’ll meet you again in the long run But we can’t be lovers ‘Cause I’m still afraid Of leaving the things I love dearly. I wander, I roam, I write home to tell you That I’m sorry, I won’t leave it this late again. But I know that I’ll see you again in the long run And I know that I’ll meet you again in the long run But I can’t be married You’ll take me away From everything that I love dearly And we can’t be lovers You’ll take me away from my home My home.......My home But I know that I’ll see you again in the long run

Truthfully I came upon this song by complete accident, best mistake today!!

i remember when this was uploaded. this is what made me a fan

First heard them on the movie Land. Their version of I’m On Fire is wonderful.

ever since this song came out, it has honestly helped me a lot. I first heard it in year 10 of high school 2+ years ago after my grandpa passed away than again when my father passed away. so I'm truly thankful for the beautiful music these sisters produce, write and make ~

@paulbellew1469

7 жыл бұрын

catheri_e you have great taste

@catherinetatuila

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Bellew thank you ^^

@georgiehenderson8750

6 жыл бұрын

Music is healing the soul. I hope you are ok. I really like this song, too.

sounds so beautiful

The video cinematography is just divine! ❤

This reminds me of Jackson C. Frank. Such a beautiful sound especially with those harmonies. Just incredible.

Lyrics Lying, a dreamer, dreaming beside me The city sirens keep me awake And I know I'll see you again in the long run People they tell me I should be careful That you'll worry, and I'm already miles away But I know I'll see you again in the long run And I know I'll meet you again in the long run But we can't be lovers 'Cause I'm still afraid Of leaving the things I love dearly. I wander, I roam, I write home to tell you That I'm sorry, I won't leave it this late again. But I know I'll see you again in the long run And I know I'll meet you again in the long run But I can't be married You'll take me away From everything that I love dearly And we can't be lovers You'll take me away from my home My home My home But I know I'll see you again in the long run