Long Time Gone

Album: Home (2002)
Charted: 7
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about the sorry state of Contemporary Country music. The lyric, "They sound tired but they don't sound Haggard, they have money but they don't have Cash," is a reference to Country legends Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash. The song implies that today's Country has no soul. >>
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    Mackenzie - Vacaville, CA
  • This was written and originally recorded by Darrell Scott on his 2000 album Real Time. Scott is a prominent session guitarist and songwriter as well as a performer.

Comments: 2

  • City/country Migrator from Overton, NevadaThe song makes more sense since you realize it was written by a farm boy with high ambitions to be a star. I know on small farms or ranches all the kids have to help in the fields even the girls but it is tedious back breaking work with no guarantee of it being a profitable year. The oldest is expected to keep the Old Home Place becoming its slave and prisioner. The music I haven't evaluated it yet.
  • Camille from Toronto, OhI love the instrumentation of this song; the violin is fabulous, love the banjo. Natalie Maines' voice is one of the best treasures in country music. This is a great tune that sticks in your head once you hear it.
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