Luyện nghe bài hát Long Time Gone (1962)

LONG GONE

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

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

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

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

You see me on your crossroads, when I'll be passing through,
And dream one day follow as I drift beyond your 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 random ways and the dangers it hold,
But I know I ain't no prophet and I ain't no son
Just a long time and I'll be a long time gone.

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