<br>Lyrics from Big Skyota's 'Long Time Gone'



Monroe Crossing- Minnesota's Bluegrass Ambassadors - Lyrics from Big Skyota's 'Long Time Gone'

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Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	SECOND WIND (Claire Lynch & Pamela Brown Hayes, Songs of Polygram Int'l Pub., Inc. - Sound Cell Songs, BMI) Somethin' familiar blew in with the wind a dream I let fall by the wayside I find myself yearnin' to live it again Now, there's no stoppin' me this time, 'cause CHORUS: I've been surveyin' the shape that I'm in Wasted and weary and wearin' it thin I know where I've been but who knows where I'm goin' I feel a second wind blowin', blowin' my way The first time around you don't know what you have until the day comes when you lose it Now, I'm gettin' ready for my second chance This time I won't refuse it, 'cause CHORUS I won't be denyin' my heart any longer The longer I wait, this feeling grows stronger CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	GOSPEL PLOW (Bob Dylan, Music Corp of America, BMI) Well, I got my hands on the gospel plow and I wouldn't take nothin' for my journey now Keep your hands on the plow of God CHORUS: Hold on, hold on Keep your hand on the plow, hold on Well, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John All those prophets are dead and gone Keep your hands on the plow of God CHORUS Well, I've never been to heaven but I've been told The streets up there are made of gold Keep your hands on the plow of God CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	DREAMING IN THREE-QUARTER TIME (McComb, Liquidamber Music, BMI) Sitting alone in a noisy bar waiting for the band to start There's nothing like the sound of a steel guitar when you're out with a broken heart CHORUS: When they play a waltz with a sweet melody like we danced to when you were mine Oh, I can believe that you're here with me dreamin' in three-quarter time When they play a waltz, I can close my eyes and dream that you're holding me tight It will be just like we never said goodbye And you'll be back with me tonight CHORUS Heading back home with my head in the stars still dancing in the moonlight Well, we sure closed down that noisy old bar waltzing way after midnight CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	BIG SKYOTA (arr. By R. Barenberg & J. Douglas, CMI American, BMI)
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	LONG TIME GONE (F. Harford & T. Ritter, Michael H. Goldsen, ASCAP) You cheated me, you made me lonely I tried to be your very own There'll come a day you'll want me only ‘cause when I leave, I'll be a long time gone CHORUS: I'll be a long time gone, I'll be a long time gone When I leave, I'll be a long time gone You'll see my face through tears of sorrow You'll miss the love you called your own Maybe there'll be no tomorrow ‘cause when I leave, I'll be a long time gone CHORUS You're gonna be sad, you're gonna be weepin' You're gonna be blue and all alone You'll regret the day you seen me leavin' ‘cause when I leave, I'll be a long time gone CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	ROCK HEARTS (Bill Otis, Cedarwood Pub. Co., BMI) CHORUS: Rock hearts will break (rock hearts will break) believe it, my dear (believe it, my dear) And your will break (and yours will break) in two, I fear (in two, I fear) And when it does, dear, don't run to me 'cause it will be too late, you see Why did you break my heart and throw it down Why did you spread the news all over town Why did you make me the laughin' stock Because you've got a heart of rock CHORUS You didn't break my heart by runnin 'round Another new love you have not found You've only handed me back the lock I had around your heart of rock CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	DOWN TO THE VALLEY TO PRAY (Public Domain) CHORUS: As I went down to the valley to pray studyin' about the good old days An' who will wear the (robe/star)* and crown Good Lord, show me the way Oh brother, let's go down Come on down, won't you come on down Oh brother, let's go down down to the valley to pray CHORUS Oh sister, let's go down Come on down, won't you come on down Oh sister, let's go down down to the valley to pray CHORUS Oh father, let's go down Come on down, won't you come on down Oh father, let's go down down to the valley to pray CHORUS Oh mother, let's go down Come on down, won't you come on down Oh mother, let's go down down to the valley to pray CHORUS Oh children, let's go down Come on down, won't you come on down Oh children, let's go down down to the valley to pray
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST (Public Domain)
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	BUILD ME A CABIN (Willie Joe Ligon, Skinny Zac Music, ASCAP) Many years I've been looking for a place to call home I've failed here to find it, and I must travel on I don't want no fine mansions on earth's shifting sands Lord, build me a cabin in the corner of glory land CHORUS: Lord, build me just a cabin in the corner of glory land Build me a cabin in the corner of glory, glory land In the shade of that tree of life, for it may ever stand In the shade of that old tree for it may ever stand Where I can hear the angels sing, and shake Jesus' hand I can hear the angels sing and shake Jesus' Jesus' hand Lord, build me a cabin in the corner of glory land Build me a cabin in the corner of glory land Blessed Lord, I'm not askin' to live in the midst 'cause I know I'm not worthy of splendor as this But I'm askin' for mercy, as humbly I stand Lord, build me a cabin in the corner of glory land CHORUS I have many dear loved ones who have gone on this way On that bright morning shall I hear them say Come join in our singin', come play in our band Lord, build me a cabin in the corner of glory land CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	LONESOME MOONLIGHT WALTZ (Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe Music, BMI)
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	I COULD FIND A WAY (Roger Rasnake, Pathwalker Music, BMI) CHORUS: I could find a way to change your mind if you'd only give me one more try I'd show you how a true love could be if you'd change your mind about me I wonder if maybe you'd stay the night with me I bet you by morning you would change your point of view It's gettin' lately I'm goin' crazy with all this burnin' love buildin' up inside for you CHORUS Now, you've been hurt a'plenty I'm certain, one too many times but what I feel for you is like no other's felt before I'll stop your cryin', I'll prove that I'm not lyin' But you'll never know the truth if you go walkin' out the door CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	I'LL LOVE NOBODY BUT YOU (Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Fort Knox Music, BMI) I'll never love anybody but you baby, baby I'll never love anybody but you if you'll be my girl CHORUS: Oh yes, believe me, it's true Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you I'll always be true to you baby, baby I'll always be true to you if you'll be my girl CHORUS I'll take you out every night baby, baby I'll take you out every night if you'll be my girl CHORUS
Purchase a performance of this song on "Long Time Gone" by Big Skyota from the Monroe Crossing website store.	RANK STRANGER (Albert E. Brumley, Affiliated Music Ent., BMI) I wandered again to my home in the mountains where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free I looked for my friends but I never could find them I found they were all rank strangers to me CHORUS: Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger No mother or dad, not a friend could I see They knew not my name and I knew not their faces I found they were all rank strangers to me They've all moved away, said the voice of a stranger To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea Some beautiful day I'll meet them in heaven where no one will be a stranger to me CHORUS

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