My daddy sits
on the front porch
Swimgin' lookin' out
on a vacant field
Used to be filled
with burly tobacco
Now he knows it
never will
My brother found
work in Indiana
Sister's nurse
at the old folks home
Momma's still
cookin' 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
that 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
running' 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
nashville
Tryin' to be
the big deal
Playin' down on
broadway geltin'
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
the horn since
I don't know
when 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 long~ time
Gone longtime
longtime
Longtime
gone yeah yeah~