Dixie Chicks

My Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'
Lookin' out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with burley tobacco
Now he knows it never will
My 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 it ain't comin' back again
Delia plays that old church piano
Sittin' out on her daddy's farm
She always thought 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'g
And Lord I been a longtime gone
Been a longtime gone
Lord I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
Longtime gone
And it ain't comin' back again
Now me I went to Nasville
Tryin' to be the big deal
Playin' down on Broadway
Gettin' there the hard way