So Long It's Been Good to Ya-Woody Guthrie

[ti:So Long It's Been Good to Ya] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Old Time Religion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]So Long It's Been Good to Ya - Woody Guthrie [00:12.02]I've sung this song but I'll sing it again [00:14.85] [00:15.46]Of the place that I lived on the wild windy plains [00:18.40] [00:18.94]In the month called April county called Gray [00:22.53]And here's what all of the people there say: [00:25.33] [00:26.13]So long it's been good to know yuh; [00:29.57]So long it's been good to know yuh; [00:32.97]So long it's been good to know yuh [00:36.21]This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home [00:39.50]And I got to be driftin' along [00:41.61] [00:43.66]A dust storm hit an' it hit like thunder; [00:47.20]It dusted us over an' it covered us under; [00:50.47]Blocked out the traffic an' blocked out the sun [00:53.48] [00:54.23]Straight for home all the people did run [00:56.98]Singin': [00:57.27]So long it's been good to know yuh; [01:00.87]So long it's been good to know yuh; [01:03.49] [01:04.04]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:07.11]This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home [01:09.85] [01:11.03]And I got to be driftin' along [01:12.84] [01:15.23]We talked of the end of the world and then [01:18.57]We'd sing a song an' then sing it again [01:21.79]We'd sit for an hour an' not say a word [01:25.17]And then these words would be heard: [01:27.41] [01:28.53]So long it's been good to know yuh; [01:31.54] [01:32.05]So long it's been good to know yuh; [01:35.21]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:38.31]This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home [01:41.47]And I got to be driftin' along [01:43.39] [01:46.62]Sweethearts sat in the dark and sparked [01:49.73]They hugged and kissed in that dusty old dark [01:52.95]They sighed and cried hugged and kissed [01:56.34]Instead of marriage they talked like this: [01:59.32]"Honey " [01:59.70]So long it's been good to know yuh; [02:02.84]So long it's been good to know yuh; [02:05.76] [02:06.38]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:08.98] [02:09.58]This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home [02:12.40]And I got to be driftin' along [02:14.25] [02:15.63]Now the telephone rang an' it jumped off the wall [02:18.42] [02:19.22]That was the preacher a-makin' his call [02:21.39] [02:22.28]He said "Kind friend this may the end; [02:25.50]An' you got your last chance of salvation of sin " [02:28.29] [02:30.62]The churches was jammed and the churches was packed [02:33.84]An' that dusty old dust storm blowed so black [02:36.64] [02:37.56]Preacher could not read a word of his text [02:40.25]An' he folded his specs an' he took up collection [02:43.46]Said: [02:43.85]So long it's been good to know yuh; [02:47.16]So long it's been good to know yuh; [02:50.29]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:53.36]This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home [02:56.03] [02:58.81]And I got to be driftin' along