Long Time Gone - Dixie Chicks (full lyrics) Daddy sits on the front porch swinging Looking out on a vacant field Used to be filled with burley t\u0027bacca Now he knows it never will My brother found work in Indiana Sister\u0027s a nurse at the old folks home Mama\u0027s still cooking too much for supper And me, I\u0027ve been a long time gone Been a long time gone No, I ain\u0027t hoed a row since I don\u0027t know when Long time gone, and it ain\u0027t coming back again Delia plays that ol\u0027 church piano Sittin\u0027 out on her daddy\u0027s farm She always thought that we\u0027d be together Lord, I never meant to do her harm Said she could hear me singin\u0027 in the choir Me, I heard another song I caught wind and hit the road runnin\u0027 And Lord, I\u0027ve been a long time gone Been a long time gone Lord, I ain\u0027t had a prayer since I don\u0027t know when Long time gone, and it ain\u0027t comin\u0027 back again Now me, I went to Nashville Tryin\u0027 to beat the big deal Playin\u0027 down on Broadway Gettin\u0027 there the hard way Living from a tip jar Sleeping in my car Hocking my guitar Yeah, I\u0027m gonna be a star Now, me and Delia singing every Sunday Watching the children and the garden grow We listen to the radio to hear what\u0027s cookin\u0027 But the music ain\u0027t got no soul Now they sound tired but they don\u0027t sound Haggard They\u0027ve got money but they don\u0027t have Cash They got Junior but they don\u0027t have Hank I think, I think, I think, the rest is A long time gone No, I ain\u0027t hit the roof since I don\u0027t know when Long time gone, and it ain\u0027t coming back I said a long time gone No, I ain\u0027t honked the horn since I don\u0027t know when Long time gone, and it ain\u0027t coming back again I said a long time, long time, long time gone Well, it\u0027s been a long time Long time, long time, long time gone Oh, it\u0027s been a long time gone Long time, long time, long time gone Yeah, yeah