Lyrics
Sharon Anderson | Lyrics from Life and Times
Long Gone Free
by Sharon Anderson and Kim Beggs
SharonAnderson - accustic guitar/vocals
George Bradfute - violins, bass, guitar
Chas Williams - dobro
Pat Macinally - percussion
Fats Caplin - fiddle
Kim Beggs - harmonies
His boots broke down back in 56
The ruts were deep and the dust was thick
The choking kind, and the nails poked through
Like a mothers sharp tongue finally rusted on through
I said you better do right and settle down
Take Mary’s hand and your father’s plow
Never you mind about the wondering ways
We live at the mercy of the sun and the rain
He said If you could hold the wind
Then you could harness me
But it’s already blown again
And me I’m long gone free
He left his load at the cross in the road
Never to rise to a roosters crow
No blisters, stains- no sinner remains
Pulled up from the roots by the whistlin’ train
Harvest time will be come and gone
Under bended knees and faces long
May not know truth but I’ll live no lie
Sometimes a seed sprouts into the sky
He said If you could hold the wind
Then you could harness me
But it’s already blown again
And me I’m long gone free