Long Time Gone Lyrics - Home - Dixie Chicks

Daddy sits on the front porch swingin' 

Looking 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 

Mama's still cooking too much for supper 

And me, I 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 comin' back again 

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Delia 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 hear me singing in the choir 

Me I heard another song 

I caught wind and hit the road runnin' 

And Lord I 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 

Trying to be the big deal 

Playing down on Broadway 

Getting there the hard way 

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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 

Listen to the radio to hear what's cooking 

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 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 a 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 

Whoa, 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