Long Gone

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