Why You Been Gone So Long
Mickey Newbury, 1973
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Every time it rains Lord I run to my window.
All I do is just ring my hands and moan.
And listen to that thunder, Lord, can't you hear that lonesome wind moan.
Tell me baby, now, why you been gone so long.
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Tell me baby, now, why you been gone so long, you been gone so long now.
Tell me baby, now, why you been gone so long.
The wolf he scratches at my door, Lord, Lord, and I can hear the lonesome wind moan.
Tell me baby, now, why you been gone so long.
Somebody said they thought they saw you roarin' down in Reno,
With a big old man from San Antone.
They tell me I'm a fool to pine for you, but what do they know.
Tell me baby, now, why you been gone so long.
Ain't nothin' I wanna do, Lord, so I guess I could get stoned,
And let the past paint pictures in my head.
And kill a fifth of Thunderbird, Lord, and try to write a sad, sad song.
Tell me baby, now, why you been gone so long.