Karaoke Long Time Gone

Daddy sits on a front porch swinging
Looking out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with burley tobacco now he knows it never will
My brother's found work in Indiana
My sister's a nurse at the old folks home
Mama 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
Then Deliah plays that ol' church piano sitting 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
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 singing 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
I said a long time, long time long time gone well 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 yeah

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