long time gone

well i been gone a long time

the time has passed us by

and i know it won't be long 'till i get home

i see your smilin' face

well i just can't erase

all those good ol' happy days when we were 'lone. well i'm comin' through the mountains

on my way back home

i see that snow fallin' on that good old mountain ground

and i know it won't be long

i'm in your lovin' arms

we'll live together and things 'll be better for you

a' you and me

a' can't cha see?

woman

i been a long time gone

to be a thousand miles from home

i know i've done you wrong

and i know it won't be long

i'm in your lovin' arms

woman

been a long

i been a long time gone. when i hit that mountain road

i got five miles left to go. i smell that good old mountain air and old and pine trees

and as she stood alone with a pretty white dress on

i felt that good old mountain air blowin' up a breeze. woman

i been a long time gone

to be a thousand miles from home

i know i've done you wrong

and i know it won't be long

i'm in your lovin' arms

woman

been a long

i been a long time gone.