Daddy sits on a front porch swinging
Looking out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with burley t'bacca
Now he knows 32490,-59)it never will
My brother's found work in Indiana
Sister's a nurse at the old folks home
Mama still cooking too much for supper
And me I've been 43910,-239)a long time gone
Been a long time gone
No I ain't hoed 49730,-179)a row
Since I don't know when long time gone
And it ain't coming back again
Deliah plays that ol' church pian'a
Sitting out on her daddy's farm
She always thought that we'd 74700,-29)be together
Lord I never meant to do her harm
Said she could hear me singing in the choir
Me I heard another song
I caught wind and hit the road running
And Lord I've been a long time gone
Been a long time gone
Lord I ain't had a 93870,-179)prayer
Since I don't know when long time gone
And it ain't 98840,-109)coming back again
Now me I went to Nashville trying to beat the big deal
Playing down on Broadway getting there 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 Deliah singing every Sunday
Watching the children and the garden grow
We listen to the radio 136980,-99)to hear what's cooking
But the music 138780,-9)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 156870,-109)
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 183870,-399)a long time long time long time gone
Well its been a long 190940,-59)time
Long time long time long time gone
Oh it's been 201790,-109)a long time gone
Long time long time long time gone
Yeah yeah