Long Time Gone-Performance Artist

[00:00.00]Dixie Chicks - Long Time Gone [00:20.25]written by Darrell Scott & Tim O’Brien [00:22.25] [00:24.25]Daddy sits on a' front porch swinging [00:26.76]Looking out on a vacant field [00:29.60]Used to be filled with burley tobacca [00:32.23]Now he knows it never will [00:35.19]My Brothers found work in Indiana [00:37.93]My Sisters a nurse at the old folks home [00:40.88]Mama still cooking too much for supper [00:43.46]And me I've been a long time gone [00:46.19]Been a long time gone [00:48.99]No, I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when [00:52.21]Long time gone [00:54.57]And it ain't coming back again [00:58.06] [01:08.03]Deliah plays that old church piano [01:10.49]Sitting out on her daddy's farm [01:13.36]She always thought that we'd be together [01:15.97]Lord I never meant to do her harm [01:19.03]Said she could hear me singin' in the choir [01:21.87]Me, I heard another song [01:24.67]I caught wind and hit the road runnin' [01:27.56]And Lord, I've been a long time gone [01:30.14]Been a long time gone [01:32.87]Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when [01:36.15]Long time gone [01:38.41]And it ain't comin' back again [01:44.54] [02:03.74]Now me, I went to Nashville, [02:05.76]Tryin' to beat the big deal [02:07.14]Playin' down on Broadway [02:08.51]Gettin' there the hard way [02:09.92]Living from a tip jar [02:11.19]Sleeping in my car [02:12.73]Hocking my guitar [02:13.76]Yeah I'm gonna be a star [02:20.71]Now, me and Deliah singing every Sunday [02:24.05]Watching the children and the garden grow [02:26.68]We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin’ [02:29.30]But the music ain't got no soul [02:32.37]Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard [02:35.11]They've got money but they don't have Cash [02:38.00]They got Junior but they don't have Hank [02:40.47]I think, I think, I think [02:42.77]The rest is a long time gone [02:46.01]No, I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when [02:49.28]Long time gone [02:51.58]And it ain't coming back [02:52.95]I said a long time gone [02:55.85]No, I ain't honked the horn since I don't know when [02:59.08]Long time gone [03:01.49]And it ain't coming back again [03:05.54] [03:14.40]I said a long time, long time, long time gone [03:20.65]Well it's been a long time [03:23.38] [03:25.89]Long time, long time, long time gone [03:31.75]Oh, it's been a long time gone [03:36.90]Long time, long time, long time gone [03:42.04]Yeah yeah [03:43.14] [04:04.65]↑↑END↑↑