Daddy sits on the front porch swingin' Lookin' out on a vacant field Used to be filled with burley tobacco Now he knows it never will My brother found work in Indiana Sister's a nurse at the old folks home Momma still cookin' too much for supper And me, I've been a long time gone Been long time gone No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when Long time gone And it ain't comin' back again Amelia 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 a long time gone Been long time gone Lord I ain't heard a pray since I don't know when Long time gone And it ain't comin' back again... Now me, I went to Nashville Tryin' to be the big deal Playin' down to Broadway Gettin' in the hard way Livin' from a tip jar Sleepin' in my car Huggin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star... Now me and Delia, singin' every summer Watchin' the children in the garden grove 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 A long time gone No I ain't picked a root since I don't know when Long time gone And it ain't comin' back I said long time gone No, I ain't pitched a fork since I don't know when Long time gone And it ain't comin' back again... I said a long time, long time, long time gone... Oh, it's been a long time Long time, long time, long time gone... Oh, it's been a long Time... Gone... Long time, long time, long time gone... Yeah... Corrections by - augustbabies