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