Song Long, Its Been Good to Know You-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Song Long, Its Been Good to Know You] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Woody Guthrie: American Folk Hero] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Song Long, Its Been Good to Know You - Woody Guthrie [00:12.00]I've sung this song but I'll sing it again [00:15.68]Of the place that I lived on the wild windy plains [00:19.22]In the month called April county called gray [00:22.88]And here's what all of the people there say [00:26.36]So long it's been good to know yuh [00:29.90]So long it's been good to know yuh [00:33.17]So long it's been good to know yuh [00:36.28]This dusty old dust is a gettin' my home [00:39.52]And I got to be driftin' along [00:42.17] [00:44.03]A dust storm hit an' it hit like thunder [00:47.48]It dusted us over an' it covered us under [00:50.97]Blocked out the traffic an' blocked out the sun [00:54.36]Straight for home all the people did run [00:57.23]Singin' [00:57.72]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:01.14]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:04.28]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:07.56]This dusty old dust is a gettin' my home [01:11.14]And I got to be driftin' along [01:13.99] [01:15.81]We talked of the end of the world and then [01:19.01]We'd sing a song an' then sing it again [01:22.29]We'd sit for an hour an' not say a word [01:25.64]And then these words would be heard [01:28.01] [01:29.22]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:32.47]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:35.76]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:38.64]This dusty old dust is a gettin' my home [01:42.13]And I got to be driftin' along [01:44.56] [01:47.08]Sweethearts sat in the dark and sparked [01:50.09]They hugged and kissed in that dusty old dark [01:53.41]They sighed and cried hugged and kissed [01:56.67]Instead of marriage they talked like this [01:59.83]Honey [02:00.10]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:03.42]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:06.55]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:09.74]This dusty old dust is a gettin' my home [02:13.01]And I got to be driftin' along [02:15.30] [02:16.23]Now the telephone rang an' it jumped off the wall [02:19.51]That was the preacher a makin' his call [02:22.77]He said kind friend this may the end [02:26.04]An' you got your last chance of salvation of sin [02:29.22] [02:31.20]The churches was jammed and the churches was packed [02:34.40]An' that dusty old dust storm blowed so black [02:37.88]Preacher could not read a word of his text [02:40.78]An' he folded his specs an' he took up collection [02:44.22]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:47.52]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:50.76]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:53.81]This dusty old dust is a gettin' my home [02:57.19] [02:59.45]And I got to be driftin' along