Long Long Time Lyrics - Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Well, I left my home searchin' for green grass 

Headed for Pine Ridge and points beyond 

But on the road I met an impasse 

Every direction looked just like home 

There is a road, there is a mountain 

With many stops along the way 

How many days? I am not counting 

It's been a long, long time you've been away 

Well, a flower grows in a deep dark canyon 

Where the river wanders to leave the trail 

And the night bird searches for her companion 

Who sings of sunlight behind the veil 

Everyone knows what makes the dove sing 

And now I know you've gone to stay 

How many nights? I am not counting 

It's been a long, long time you've been away 

Now, I walk alone down streets of silver 

In the empty hollows wet with the dew 

In the sudden stillness of a summer morning 

In all my dreams I walk with you 

There is a rose, there is a fountain 

And I have found that lost highway 

How many years? I have stopped counting 

It's been a long, long time I've been away 

It's been a long, long time I've been away