Lyric Long Time Gone

Daddy sits on the front porch swingin
Look in out on a bacon field
Used to be filled with burning tobacco
Now he knows it never will
My brother found work in Indiana
Sisters a nurse at the old folks home
Momma still cooking too much for supper
And me I ve been a long time gone

[chorus]
Baby long time gone
No I aint hoed a row since I don t know when
Long time gone
And I aint comin back again

Amilia plays that old 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 her me singin in the choir
Me I heard another song
I caught wind and hit the road runnin
And lord i ve been long time gone

[chorus]
Baby long time gone
Lord i aint had a purse since I don t know when
Long time gone
And it aint commin back again

Now me I went to Nashville
Trying to beat the big deal
Playing down to Broadway
Getin in the ahrd way
Livin from a tip jar
Sleepin in mah car
Huggin my guitar ya im gonna be a staaaar

Now me until your singin every sunday
Watchin the children in the garden grove
Listen to the radio to hear what s cookin
But the music aint got....NO SOUL!

Now they sound tired but they don t sound haggard
They got money but they don;t got cash
They got Junior but they don;t got Hank
I thank
I thank
I thank the rest is....

[chorus]
Long time gone
No I aint hit the roof since i don t know when
Long time gone
And it aint commin back
I said Long time gone
No I aint parked a Ford since I don t know when
Long time gone
And it aint commin back agaiiiin

I said a long time, long time, long time gone
Oh it s been a long time

Long time, long time, long time gooooone
Oh it s been a long
Tiiiiime
Gooooone

Long time, long time, long time gone....yea yea!