My Daddy sits on the front porch swingin`
Lookin` 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
Momma`s still cooking too much for supper
And me I`ve been a longtime gone
Been a longtime gone
No I ain`t hoed a row since I don`t know when
Longtime gone
And it ain`t comin` back again
Delia plays that old church piano
Sittin` out on her daddy`s farm
She always thought we`d be together
Lord I never meant to do her harm
Said she could hear me singin` in the choir
Me I heard another song
I caught wind and hit the road runnin`g
And Lord I been a longtime gone
Been a longtime gone
Lord I ain`t had a prayer since I don`t know when
Longtime gone
And it ain`t comin` back again
Now me I went to Nasville
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 garden grow
We listen to the radio to hear what`s cookin`
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 longtime gone
No I ain`t hit the roof since I don`t know when
Longtime gone
And it ain`t comin` back I said
A longtime gone
No I ain`t honked a horn since I don`t know when
A longtime gone
And it ain`t comin` back again
I said a longtime longtime longtime gone
Oh it`s been a longtime
Longtime longtime longtime gone
Oh it`s been a longtime gone
Longtime longtime longtime gone
Yeah Yeah
