[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:11.61]My parents raised me tenderly [00:14.33]I was their only son [00:18.33]My mind got mixed with ramblin' [00:22.03]When I was all so young [00:25.43]And I left my home the first time [00:28.42]When I was twelve and one [00:32.44]I'm a long time a-comin', Maw [00:35.89]An' I'll be a long time gone [00:41.13]On the western side of Texas [00:44.63]On the Texas plains [00:48.67]I tried to find a job o' work [00:51.22]But they said l's young of age [00:55.49]My eyes, they burned when I heard [00:57.16]"Go home where you belong" [00:59.11]I'm a long time a-comin' [01:00.26]An' I'll be a long time gone [01:03.91]I remember when I's ramblin' [01:05.26]Around with the carnival trains [01:09.24]Different towns, different people [01:10.85]Somehow they're all the same [01:12.07]I remember children's faces best [01:16.11]I remember travelin' on [01:17.23]I'm a long time a-comin' [01:18.53]I'll be a long time gone [01:20.05]I once loved a fair young maid [01:22.92]An' I ain't too big to tell [01:24.98]If she broke my heart a single time [01:26.87]She broke it ten or twelve [01:28.40]I walked and talked all by myself [01:30.70]I did not tell no one [01:32.51]I'm a long time a-comin', babe [01:35.27]An' I'll be a long time gone [01:40.63]Many times by the highway side [01:42.86]I tried to flag a ride [01:44.48]With bloodshot eyes and gritting teeth [01:47.80]I'd watch the cars roll by [01:49.10]The empty air hung in my head [01:49.31]I's thinkin' all day long [01:50.68]I'm a long time a-comin' [01:51.86]I'll be a long time gone [01:53.75]You might see me on your crossroads [01:56.76]When I'm a-passin' through [01:57.78]Remember me how you wished to [01:58.98]As I'm a-driftin' from your view [02:00.34]I ain't got the time to think about it [02:02.35]I got too much to get done [02:03.76]Well, I'm a long time comin' [02:05.01]An' I'll be a long time gone [02:10.09]If I can't help somebody [02:12.74]With a word or song [02:17.05]If I can't show somebody [02:19.79]They are travelin' wrong [02:24.07]But I know I ain't no prophet [02:27.02]An' I ain't no prophet's son [02:30.59]I'm just a long time a-comin' [02:33.99]An' I'll be a long time gone [02:39.37]So you can have your beauty [02:42.38]It's skin deep and it only lies [02:46.59]And you can have your youth [02:49.24]It'll rot before your eyes [02:53.37]Just give to me my gravestone [02:56.30]With it clearly carved upon [03:00.27]"I's a long time a-comin' [03:03.18]An' I'll be a long time gone"