TOO GONE TOO LONG

(Gene Thomas Pistilli (m & l) )

As sung by Randy Travis 1987 < Always & Forever >


You've been too gone, for too long,
It's too late to come back now
It's been so long since you walked out my door
Now you're just an old song nobody sings anymore.

I gotta a new love and she's a true love
But darlin' how could you have known?
You've been too gone, for too long
Now it's too late to come back home.

(bridge)

You've came a long way, goin' the wrong way
Don't even set your suitcase down
You wanted to roam, now you're paying the bills
You're an old rollin' stone who rode over the hills.

I had a good cry when you said "Goodbye"
I didn't wanna let you go
But you've been too gone for too long
Now it's too late to come back home.

(bridge)

I had a good cry when you said "Goodbye"
I didn't wanna let you go
But you've been too gone for too long
So why don't you just stay gone...

Now you've been too gone for too long
Now it's too late to come back home.

Notes:

Randy Travis, an American singer-songwriter 
is well known in country music circles for 
his distinctive baritone voice. Commencing 
his career, he was seen as a moving force 
in country music history. He ultimately 
switched gears to Gospel in more recent years.

Many of his ardent followers feel that one 
his most defining songs, career wise, was 
< Forever and Ever, Amen >. (see elsewhere in this ILP database).   
This song sprung from his 1987 second album < Always And Forever > .

< Too Gone Too Long > was also released as an 
'A' side single 45 rpm disk in 1987. The 'B' side was 
< My House >. (see elsewhere in this ILP database). 



(Transcribed by David Story- March 2014)