Long Time Gone Lyrics

Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'
Lookin out on a vacant field.
Used to be filled with burly tobacco,
Now he knows it never will.
My brother found work in Indiana,
My sisters a nurse at the old folks home,
Mama's still cookin too much for supper,
and me, I've been a long time gone.
Been a long time gone.
No I ain't hold a rope since I don't know when.
Long time gone,
And it ain't comin back again.,
Delia plays that old church piano,
sitting out on her daddy's farm.
She always thought that we'd be together,
Lord I never meant to do her harm.
Said she could hear me singin in the choir,
Me i heard another song
I caught wind and hit the road running
And Lord I been a long time gone
Been a long time gone,
Lord I ain't had a prayer since i dont know when.
Long time gone
And it ain't coming back again.

Now, me, I went to Nashville,
Trying to be the big deal,
Playing down on Broadway,
Getting it the hard way
Living from a tip jar,
Sleeping in my car,
Hawking my guitar
Yeah I'm gonna be a staaaaaaaaaaaar.

Now me and Deila singing every sunday
watching the children and the garden grow.
We listen to the radio to hear whats cooking,
But the music ain't got no soul.
Now they sound tired but they don't sound haggard.
They've got money but they don't have cash.
They got junior but they don't got hank.
I think, I think, I think, the rest is
A long time gone.
No I ain't hit the roof since I dont know when
and it ain't comin back--
I said long time gone,
No I ain't honked a horn since I dont know when
and it ain't coming bacck again.
I said Long time,
long time,
long time gone.
Whoa its been al long time
Long time,
long time,
long time gone.
Oh its been a long..time... gone.
Long time
Long time
Long time gone. Yeah.