Dixie Chicks

My daddy sits on the front porch Swimgin lookin out on a vacant field Used to be filled with burly tobacco Now he knows it never will My brother found work in Indiana Sisters nurse at the old folks home Mommas still cookin too much For supper and me Ive been a longtime Gone been a longtime gone No I aint hoed a row Since I dont know when longtime gone And it aint comin back again Delia plays that old church piano Sittin out on her daddys farm She always thought that wed 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 running and Lord I been a longtime gone Been a longtime gone lord I aint had a prayer since I dont know when longtime gone And it aint comin back again Now me I went to nashville Tryin to be the big deal Playin down on broadway geltin There the hard way livin from a tip Jar sleepin in my car Hockin my guitar yeah Im gonna be a star Now me and delia singin every sunday Watchin the children and the garden grow We listen to the radio to hear Whats cookin but the music Aint got no soul now they sound tired But they dont sound haggard They got money but they dont have cash They got junior but they dont have hank I think I think I think The rest is a longtime gone no I Aint hit the roof since I dont know When longtime gone and it aint comin back I said a longtime gone no I aint honked the horn since I dont know when longtime gone And it aint comin back again I said a longtime longtime longtime gone Oh its been a longtime Longtime longtime longtime gone Oh its been a long time Gone longtime longtime Longtime gone yeah yeah