Luyện nghe bài hát Long Time Gone (1962)

LONG TIME

(Bob revised wording and arrangement by O.V. Michaelsen)

My raised me tenderly, I was their only son;
My mind got mixed wanderin' when I was much too young.
Was just a child of thirteen years when I first my home;
a long time comin', Ma, I'll be a long time gone.

On a through south New Mexico, in the dust and rolling sage,
I thought I'd try to find some work, but said I was young of age.
No to turn, I'd somehow learn to make it on my own.
a long time comin' and I'll be a long time gone.

Many times by the highway side I to flag a ride.
With bloodshot eyes and gritting teeth, I'd watch the roll by.
In the empty air, my guide, I traveled on alone,
Been a long time comin' and be a long time gone.

You might see me on your crossroads, when I'll be through,
And dream you'll one day follow as I drift beyond view,
for a journey that will never lead me home
Been a long time comin' and I'll be a time gone.

If I could help one drifter on this long, road,
I'd warn him of its ways and the dangers it might hold,
But I know I no prophet and I ain't no prophet's son
Just a long time comin' and I'll be a long gone.

So you can have beauty when skin-deep, it only lies,
And you can have your youthhood, it fade before your eyes.
my roving days are through, just carve upon my stone:
"Been a long comin' and I'll be a long time gone."