Daddy sits on the front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field
It 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 cookin' 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 comin' back again
Delia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her daddy's farm
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal
Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' there the hard way
Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car
Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star
Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the
Long time gone, no I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
Long time gone and it ain't comin' 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 comin' back again
I said a 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.
Yeah, yeah