Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'   Lookin' out on a vacant field   Used to be filled with burly N tobacco   Now he knows it never will      Brother found work in Indiana   Sister's a nurse at the old folks home   Momma's still cooking too much for supper    And me, I've been a longtime gone      Been a longtime gone   No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when   Longtime gone   And I ain't coming back again      Delia plays that ol' church piano   Sittin 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 of another song   I caught wind and hit the road runnin'   And lord I been a long time gone      Been a longtime gone   Lord I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when    Longtime gone   And it ain't coming back again      Now me I went to Nashville   Tryin' to be the big deal   Playin' down on broadway   Gettin' there the hard way   Livin' from a tip jar   Sleepin' in my car   Hockin' my guitar   Yeah I'm going be a star      Now me and Delia sing every sunday   Watchin' the children and the garden grow   Listen to the radio to hear what's cookin'   But the music ain't got no soul      Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard   They got money but they don't have Cash   They got junior but they don't have Hank   I think, I think, I think... the rest is...      Longtime gone   No I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when   Longtime gone   And it ain't coming back I said   A longtime gone    No I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when   Longtime gone   And it ain't coming back again      I said a longtime longtime longtime gone   Oh it's been a longtime   Longtime longtime longtime gone   Oh it's been a long time gone      Longtime, longtime, longtime gone   Yeah Yeah