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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:29:52 -0600
From: HERNANDEZ CHAIREZ YUVIA <al36662@alumnos.uacj.mx>
Subject: "Long time gone" song lyrics

Long Time Gone
written by Darrell Scott & Tim OāBrien  
Performed by The Dixie Chicks
from their album "Home"

Daddy sits on aā front porch swinging
Looking out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with burley tābacca
Now he knows it never will
Brothersā found work in Indiana
Sisters a nurse at the old folks home
Mama still cooking too much for supper
And me Iāve been a long time gone

Chorus:
Been a long time gone
No, I aināt hoed a row since I donāt know when
Long time gone
And it aināt coming back again

Deliah plays that olā church pianāa
Sitting out on her daddyās farm
She always thought that weād be together
Lord I never meant to do her harm
Said she could hear me singinā in the choir
Me, I heard another song
I caught wind and hit the road runninā
And Lord, Iāve been a long time gone

Chorus:
Been a long time gone
Lord, I aināt had a prayer since I donāt know when
Long time gone
And it aināt cominā back again

(Instrumental)

(Bridge)
Now me, I went to Nashville,
Tryinā to beat the big deal
Playinā down on Broadway
Gettin' there the hard way
Living from a tip jar
Sleeping in my car
Hocking my guitar
Yeah Iām gonna be a star

Now, me and Deliah singing every Sunday
Watching the children and the garden grow
We listen to the radio to hear whatās cookinā
But the music aināt got no soul
Now they sound tired but they donāt sound Haggard
Theyāve got money but they donāt have Cash
They got Junior but they donāt have Hank 
I think, I think, I think

The rest is a long time gone
No, I ain't hit the roof since I donāt know when
Long time gone
And it aināt coming back
I said a long time gone
No, I aināt honked the horn since I donāt know when
Long time gone
And it aināt coming back again

I said a long time, long time, long time gone
Well itās been a long time

Long time, long time, long time gone
Oh, itās been a long time gone

Long time, long time, long time gone
Yeah yeah