Long Time Gone - Live - 2003

Daddy sits on the front porch swinging
 Looking out on a vacant field
 Used to be filled with burley tobacca'
 Now he knows it never will
 My brother found work in Indiana
 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
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 Deliah 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
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 Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to beat the big deal
 Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' 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 singin' 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
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 I said a long time, long time, long time gone
 Well it's been a long time
 A long time, long time, long time gone
 Oh, it's been a long time gone
 Long time, long time, long time gone
 Yeah, yeah