Long Time Gone-Country Dance Kings

[ti:Long Time Gone] [ar:Country Dance Kings] [al:A Tribute To The Dixie Chicks] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.46]Long Time Gone — Country Dance Kings [00:04.10] [00:23.44]Daddy sits on a front porch swinging [00:26.06]Looking out on a vacant field [00:28.73]Used to be filled with burley t'bacca [00:31.40]Now he knows it never will [00:33.89] [00:34.43]My brother's found work in Indiana [00:37.00]Sister's a nurse at the old folks home [00:39.56]Mama still cooking too much for supper [00:42.38]And me I've been a long time gone [00:44.77]Been a long time gone [00:47.77]No I ain't hoed a row [00:49.48]Since I don't know when long time gone [00:53.35]And it ain't coming back again [00:56.73] [01:06.63]Deliah plays that ol' church pian'a [01:09.17]Sitting out on her daddy's farm [01:11.88]She always thought that we'd be together [01:14.48]Lord I never meant to do her harm [01:17.58]Said she could hear me singin' in the choir [01:20.34]Me I heard another song [01:23.15]I caught wind and hit the road runnin' [01:25.69]And Lord I've been a long time gone [01:28.17]Been a long time gone [01:31.05]Lord I ain't had a prayer [01:32.69]Since I don't know when long time gone [01:36.63]And it ain't comin' back again [01:42.47] [01:50.68]Now me I went to Nashville tryin' to beat the big deal [01:53.83]Playin' down on Broadway gettin' there the hard way [01:56.68]Living from a tip jar sleeping in my car [01:59.49]Hocking my guitar yeah I'm gonna be a star [02:07.43]Now me and Deliah singing every Sunday [02:10.63]Watching the children and the garden grow [02:13.15]We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin [02:15.72]But the music ain't got no soul [02:18.84]Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard [02:21.41]They've got money but they don't have Cash [02:24.21]They got Junior but they don't have Hank [02:26.97]I think I think I think [02:29.12]The rest is a long time gone [02:32.18]No I ain't hit the roof [02:33.95]Since I dont know when long time gone [02:37.89]And it ain't coming back [02:39.22]I said a long time gone [02:42.16]No I ain't honked the horn [02:43.80]Since I dont know when long time gone [02:47.55]And it ain't coming back again [02:51.81] [03:00.53]I said a long time long time long time gone [03:06.20] [03:06.86]Well its been a long time [03:09.03] [03:12.04]Long time long time long time gone [03:17.96]Oh it's been a long time gone [03:23.16]Long time long time long time gone [03:28.01]Yeah