Dixie Chicks
"Long Time Gone"
Daddy sits on the front porch swinging
Looking out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with burly tobacco
Now he knows it never will
My brother found work in Indiana
My sister’s a nurse at the old folks’ home
Momma’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
Delia plays that old 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 singing in the choir
Me, I heard another song
I caught wind and hit the road running
And Lord, I’ve been a long time gone
Been a long time gone
No, I ain’t had a prayer since I don’t know when
Long time gone
And it ain’t coming back again
Now, me, I went to Nashville
Trying to be the big deal
Playing down on Broadway
Giving my heart away
Living from a tip jar
Sleeping in my car
Hawking my guitar
Yeah, I’m gonna be a star
Now, me and Delia singing every Sunday
Watching the children in the garden grow
We 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, 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
