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Long Time Gone

from Flypaper Motel by Jim Jackson

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I’ve been to the city, and I’ve been on the farm
I’ve slept under the silver lights with a girl on every arm
And you were always close behind
In memory and in deed
A ghost without a touch
Desire without a need
But now I’m moving on
And I’ll be a long time gone

The jack has got my diamonds and the queen has got my shoes
And the king is in the ocean, making love to you
But I’m stuck here in the dust
In the bolts and in the blue
Not trying to write a rationale
For feeling like I do
I’ll be leaving come the dawn
And I’ll be a long time gone

The professor told me yesterday most things remain unseen
There’s silence in a Sunday, there’s a blue streak in the green
And I can have it all
I can live a better way
And all I’ve got to do
Is forget you for a day
Oh, but that just seems so wrong
So I’ll be a long time gone

There’s a woman by the river with a child on her hip
A rag curl in her dirty hair and smile along her lip
But I know she can’t be you
She’s someone with your face
Just like me a stranger
Rode up and took your place
And introductions take so long
So I’ll be a long time gone

So I’ll sing a song for Sarah and I’ll sing a song for Sue
I’ll sing a song for someone, maybe sing a song for you
And I’ll see you when the spring
Comes up from frozen ground
When the days again outnumber
The solitary sound
Of this hard luck song
Till then I’ll be a long time gone

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from Flypaper Motel, released December 19, 2018

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Jim Jackson Calgary, Alberta

Jim Jackson is a Calgary Herald bestselling author, reluctant gentleman and dabbler in the dark arts of blues music. Jim’s mission is to give – in these troubled times – intelligent escapism for modern readers and listeners.

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