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verse 1
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Now, daddy sits onna front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field
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Used to be filled with burly tobacco, now he knows it never will
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Brother found work in Indiana, sister's a nurse at the old folks home
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Mama's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time gone
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Yeah, long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
verse 2
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Now, Delia plays that old church piana, sittin' out on her daddy's farm
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She always thought we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm
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Said she could hear me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song
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I got wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone
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Yeah, long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
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Bridge
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Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal
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Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' there the hard way
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Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car
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Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star
verse 3
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Now, me and Delia sing every Sunday
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Watchin' the garden and the children grow
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We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no soul
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Ah, they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
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They got money but they don't have Cash
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They got Junior but they don't have Hank
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I think, I think, I think, the rest is a
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Long time gone, yeah, I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back, I said a
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Long time gone, well, I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
Break
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Yeah, long time, long time, long time gone
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Gone, gone .. talkin' 'bout
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Long time, long time, long time gone
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Gone, gone (It's been a very, very long time)
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Well, long time, long time, long time gone
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