Dixie Chicks - Long Time Gone
written by Darrell Scott & Tim O’Brien
Daddy sits on a' front porch swinging
Looking out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with burley tobacca
Now he knows it never will
My Brothers found work in Indiana
My Sisters a nurse at the old folks home
Mama still cooking too much for supper
And me I've been a long time gone
Been a long time gone
No, I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
Long time gone
And it ain't coming back again
Deliah plays that old church piano
Sitting 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 runnin'
And Lord, I've been a long time gone
Been a long time gone
Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
Long