Long Time Gone

[Chorus]
I will be gone for a while
Searching for my heart in the low places
I will be out in the wild, wild spaces
Hold me, child
I will be gone a long, long time

I will be gone for a while
Searching for my heart in the low places
I will be out in the wild, wild spaces
Hold me, child
I will be gone a long, long time

[Verse 1]
The bread is good; the stove is warm
You will be fine now; you must be strong
You cannot follow where I must roam
The burden I must haul alone
Your father loves you: never doubt
You will be always at my heart
Your photograph in cameo
Will keep me from the dark and cold

[Chorus]
I will be gone for a while
Searching for my heart in the low places
I will be out in the wild, wild spaces
Hold me, child
I will be gone a long, long time

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
I will only be wrong when I am not strong enough
I will only be hated when mistakes are made
It will only be death when there is nowhere left in the world
Nowhere left in the world

It will only be cold while the storm holds
It will only go bad when that is all I have
It is only the end when there is no one left in the world
No one left in the world

Then I'll be running home to you
I'll throw my loving arms around you
I will be secure no more harm befalls you
Until then, I'll be a long time gone
A long time gone
Long time
Time...

Long time gone...