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Long Time Gone - Various Artists

My parents raised me tenderly

I was their only son

My mind got mixed with ramblin'

When I was all so young

And I left my home the first time

When I was twelve and one

I'm a long time a-comin' Maw

An' I'll be a long time gone

I remember when I's ramblin'

Around with the carnival trains

Different towns different people

Somehow they're all the same

I remember children's faces best

I remember travelin' on

I'm a long time a-comin'

I'll be a long time gone

Many times by the highway side

I tried to flag a ride

With bloodshot eyes and gritting teeth

I'd watch the cars roll by

I'm a long time a-comin'

I'll be a long time gone

You might see me on your crossroads

When I'm a-passin' through

Remember me how you wished to

As I'm a-driftin' from your view

I ain't got the time to think about it

I got too much to get done

Well I'm a long time comin'

An' I'll be a long time gone

If I can't help somebody

With a word or song

If I can't show somebody

They are travelin' wrong

But I know I ain't no prophet

An' I ain't no prophet's son

I'm just a long time a-comin'

An' I'll be a long time gone

So you can have your beauty

It's skin deep and it lies

And you can have your youth

It'll rot before your eyes

Just give to me my gravestone

With it clearly carved upon

"I's a long time a-comin'

An' I'll be a long time gone"

"I's a long time a-comin'

An' I'll be a long time gone"