Dixie Chicks - Long Time Gone

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0Daddy sits on the front porch swingin',
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1lookin' out on a vacant field
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3It used to be filled with burly tobacco
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4now he knows it never will
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6My brother found work in Indiana,
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7my sister's a nurse at the old folks home
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9Momma's still cookin' too much for
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10supper and me, I've been a long time gone
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13Been a long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
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14Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
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17Delia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her daddy's farm
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18She always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm
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19Said she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song
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20I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone
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23Been a long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
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24Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
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27Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal.
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28Playin' down on Broadway, gettin’ there the hard way
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29Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car
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30Hockin’ my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star
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33Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the garden grow
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34We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain’t got no soul
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35Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
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36They got money but they don't have Cash,
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37They got Junior but they don’t have Hank
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39I think, I think, I think the rest is a...
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42Long time gone, no I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
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43Long time gone and it ain't comin' back..
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44I said a long time gone, no I ain’t honked a horn since I don’t know when
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45Long time gone and it ain’t comin’ back again
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48I said a long time, long time, long time gone, oh it’s been a long time
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49Long time, long time, long time gone
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50Oh it's been a long time gone
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51Long time, long time, long time gone. Yeah, yeah.
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