Daddy sits on
The front porch
Swinging
Looking out on a
Vacant field
Used to be filled
With burley t'bacca
Now he knows
It never will
My brother found
Work in lndiana
Sister's a nurse at
The old folks home
Mama's still
Cooking too much
For supper
And me I've been
A long time gone
(Been a long)
(Time gone)
No I ain't hoed
A row since I
Don't know when
(Long time gone)
And it ain't
Coming back again
Delia plays that
Ol' church piano
Sittin' 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
Runnin'
And Lord I've been
A long time gone
(Been a long time)
(Gone)
Lord I ain't had
A prayer since I
Don't know when
(Long time gone)
And it ain't comin'
Back again
Now me I went to
Nashville
Tryin' to be
The big deal
Playin' down on
Broadway
Gettin' it
The hard way
Living from
A tip jar
Sleeping in my car
Hocking my guitar
Yeah I'm gonna
Be a star
Now me and Delia
Singing every
Sunday
Watching the
Children and the
Garden grow
We listen to the
Radio to hear
What's cookin'
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
Have Hank
I think I think
I think the rest is
(A long time gone)
No I ain't hit
The roof since I
Don't know when
(Long time gone)
And it ain't
Coming back
I said a
(Long time gone)
No I ain't honked
The horn since I
Don't know when
(Long time gone)
And it ain't
Coming back again
I said a long time
Long time
Long time gone
Well it's been a
Long time
Long time
Long time
Long time gone
Well it's been a
Long time gone
Long time
Long time
Long time gone
Yeah