Long Time Gone

Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'

Lookin' out on a vacant field

Used to be filled with burly N tobacco

Now he knows it never will



Brother found work in Indiana

Sister's a nurse at the old folks home

Momma's still cooking too much for supper

And me, I've been a longtime gone



Been a longtime gone

No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when

Longtime gone

And I 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 of another song

I caught wind and hit the road runnin'

And lord I been a long time gone



Been a longtime gone

Lord I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when

Longtime gone

And it ain't coming back again



Now me I went to Nashville

Tryin' to be the big deal

Playin' down on broadway

Gettin' there the hard way

Livin' from a tip jar

Sleepin' in my car

Hockin' my guitar

Yeah I'm going be a star



Now me and Delia sing every sunday

Watchin' the children and the garden grow

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 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...



Longtime gone

No I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when

Longtime gone

And it ain't coming back I said

A longtime gone

No I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when

Longtime gone

And it ain't coming back again



I said a longtime longtime longtime gone

Oh it's been a longtime

Longtime longtime longtime gone

Oh it's been a long time gone



Longtime, longtime, longtime gone

Yeah Yeah