(1)

It took a long, long time to do what I should do.

Took nearly twenty years to get enough of you.

But now the party's over and I'm gonna right the wrong.

I was a long time leaving and I'm gonna be a long time gone.

(2)

I put up with your nagging--I said, "That's okay."

I put up with my in-laws when they came to stay.

Whenever things got crazy--I just wrote another song.

I was a long time leaving and I'm gonna be a long time gone.

(Bridge)

A long time leaving--

A long time greaving--

A lot of misconceiving--

And now I'll be a long time gone.